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Elaborate costume studies and a group portrait of Aborigines in traditional dress.
Singhalese, Indonesian and Aboriginal portrait studies and Indian architectural studies, 1870s-80s
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SCOWEN, SAMUEL BOURNE and others
Singhalese, Indonesian and Aboriginal portrait studies and Indian architectural studies, 1870s-80s
Album containing thirty albumen prints, 5½ x 3¾ in. to 7½ x 9½ in. or the reverse, two signed Scowen in the negatives, morocco-backed boards (spine damaged), oblong 4to.; twelve architectural studies around India, albumen prints, each approx. 9 x 11 in. or the reverse, the majority titled and numbered in the negatives, loosely inserted; with a few loose miscellaneous photographs. (a lot)
Singhalese, Indonesian and Aboriginal portrait studies and Indian architectural studies, 1870s-80s
Album containing thirty albumen prints, 5½ x 3¾ in. to 7½ x 9½ in. or the reverse, two signed Scowen in the negatives, morocco-backed boards (spine damaged), oblong 4to.; twelve architectural studies around India, albumen prints, each approx. 9 x 11 in. or the reverse, the majority titled and numbered in the negatives, loosely inserted; with a few loose miscellaneous photographs. (a lot)