Caption

Portrait of an unknown child on a small horse with a servant, cabinet photograph, Illustration of a woman with a map in her hand and a landscape on the verso., photographer: Wah Seng, Makassar, 1905 - 1920, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, paper, pasteboard, gelatin silver print, height 106 mm x width 166 mm, historical persons not known by name, horse, child between toddler and youth (of undetermined sex), A sepia-toned photograph shows a child seated on a dark horse, wearing a light-colored blouse with a tied scarf and a dark hat, with legs visible and feet in dark shoes resting in stirrups; the horse has a long mane partially covering its face and is fitted with a saddle and reins. Beside the horse stands a barefoot person holding the horse’s reins and wearing striped trousers and a patterned headwrap, with part of their upper body partially obscured by the horse. The background includes large leafy plants and palm fronds, a trimmed hedge on one side, and a flat ground surface in the foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_047

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.9Mb (5.4Mb) / 14.2in x 9.8in / 4270 x 2937 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown child small horse servant cabinet photograph Illustration woman map hand landscape verso photographer Wah Seng Makassar 1905 - 1920 South Sulawesi Sulawesi paper pasteboard gelatin silver print height 106 mm x width 166 mm historical persons name horse child toddler youth of undetermined sex sepia-toned photograph child seated dark horse wearing light-colored blouse tied scarf dark hat legs visible feet dark shoes resting stirrups long mane partially covering face fitted saddle reins Beside horse stands barefoot person holding horse’s reins striped trousers patterned headwrap part upper body partially obscured background includes large leafy plants palm fronds trimmed hedge side flat ground surface foreground