Caption
Male attire. cotton., Collection of portraits and a company of Indian men illustrating various men's clothing, photograph, page, collector's mark: 'Brooklyn Public Library', inscription: 'PL. III., Costume-Illustrations', printer (person): William H. Griggs, c. 1861 - in or before 1866, photographer, printer (person), paper, albumen print, height 260 mm x width 205 mm, historical persons, fashion, clothing, A faded sepia montage of several photographic portraits and group scenes arranged on a pale background, including an upper row with three figures: a standing man wearing a cloth wrap and a turban, a small inset showing one man seated cross-legged and another standing with a staff, and a bearded man draped in flowing fabric holding a cane; a central rounded-rectangle photograph of a group gathered around a large wooden cart wheel with men in turbans and wrapped garments standing, leaning, and sitting on and beside the cart, a coiled rope visible on the ground; lower panels showing a standing man with a draped garment and exposed chest, a pair of men facing each other in long robes and turbans in front of a shuttered wall, and a full-length portrait of a man in a long light robe and turban holding objects in his hands, all images rendered in soft brown tones with visible grain and aged paper texture.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B05_311
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48.2Mb (9.4Mb) / 12.0in x 15.6in / 3592 x 4694 (300dpi)