Japanese Officer in armour

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Japanese Officer in armour
Datec. 1868
PlaceJapan
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (14.6 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 13/16 in. (19.4 × 27.5 cm)
Mount: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim
Object number99.141
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: .A is inscribed in brown script beneath the image: "Japanese Officer in armour" and beneath that in pencil: "(Satsuma clan)". .B is inscribed in blue ink over pencil above: "Ashby School". There are arrows identifying two of the boys in the photo as: "RUP" and "H.P.".
The photographs are unsigned.

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