Caption

Portrait of a young man in costume with sword, identified as W. Birnie, album page, photograph, carte-de-visite, This photo is part of an album., inscription: 'Ant. J. van der Stok, PHOTOGRAPHE, Leiden Rapenburg 13.', name: 'W. Birnie 249.', photographer: Antonius Joannes van der Stok, Leiden, 1887-01-01 - 1899-12-03, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, albumendruk, height 83 mm x width 52 mm, historical persons, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, historical costume, A sepia-toned photograph of a man standing and facing forward wearing a ruffled collar and a tall hat with a brim. He has a mustache and is dressed in a patterned doublet with vertical stripes on the front and diamond-patterned sleeves, and a short, quilted skirt over fitted hose. One arm rests on his hip beneath a cloak draped over his shoulder, and the other hand holds the hilt of a sword that extends downward. He wears tall boots with turned-down tops and the background shows a plain, lightly mottled backdrop with faint foliage at the lower edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_500

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.0Mb (8.9Mb) / 10.4in x 16.4in / 3122 x 4928 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait young man costume sword identified W Birnie album page photograph carte-de-visite photo part album inscription Ant J van der Stok Photographe Leiden Rapenburg 13 name Birnie 249 photographer Antonius Joannes van der Stok Leiden 1887-01-01 - 1899-12-03 paper pasteboard albumen print albumendruk height 83 mm x width 52 mm historical persons hacking thrusting weapons historical costume sepia-toned photograph man standing facing forward wearing ruffled collar tall hat brim mustache dressed patterned doublet vertical stripes front diamond-patterned sleeves short quilted skirt fitted hose arm rests hip beneath cloak draped shoulder hand holds hilt extends downward wears tall boots turned-down tops background plain lightly mottled backdrop faint foliage lower edge