Portrait of a family from Tahiti, sitting on a step in front of the house where they work as servants, Our family of Servants at Tahiti, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 8.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, clichémaker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 168 mm x width 125 mm, house personnel, servants, A sepia photograph shows four people seated on wooden steps in front of a porch with vertical posts and leafy vines climbing beside them. A man sits near the center wearing a crown of leaves and a garment made of foliage draped over his shoulders, his hands resting in his lap and his legs bare. A woman to his left has long loose hair and holds a small child on her lap; the child has a wrapped garment and bare feet. To the man’s right a young person wears a headdress of flowers and foliage and a patterned skirt, with...
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Portrait of a family from Tahiti, sitting on a step in front of the house where they work as servants, Our family of Servants at Tahiti, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 8.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, clichémaker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 168 mm x width 125 mm, house personnel, servants, A sepia photograph shows four people seated on wooden steps in front of a porch with vertical posts and leafy vines climbing beside them. A man sits near the center wearing a crown of leaves and a garment made of foliage draped over his shoulders, his hands resting in his lap and his legs bare. A woman to his left has long loose hair and holds a small child on her lap; the child has a wrapped garment and bare feet. To the man’s right a young person wears a headdress of flowers and foliage and a patterned skirt, with braided strands of plant material hanging down. The porch behind them has horizontal siding and a railing, and stones and scattered sticks are visible at the base of the steps.

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Portrait family Tahiti sitting step front house work servants Our family Servants page photomechanical print number No 8 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley clichémaker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia paper collotype photogravure height 168 mm x width 125 mm house personnel sepia photograph four people seated wooden steps porch vertical posts leafy vines climbing beside them man sits near center wearing crown leaves garment foliage draped shoulders hands resting lap legs bare woman left long loose hair holds small child child wrapped garment bare feet man’s right young person wears headdress flowers foliage patterned skirt braided strands plant material hanging down them horizontal siding railing stones scattered sticks visible base steps

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