| Unidentified photographer/creator Japanese Boy, Full-Length Portrait (Meiji Period) 1875 (ca) Ambrotype 3.75 x 3 in (95 x 76 mm) Charles Schwartz Ltd LL/23117 Rare portrait of a young Japanese boy made during the Meiji Period--a time of large-scale societal transition and reform. Boy poses with a small foot of the photographer's stand visible behind him. On the table is a book and bonsai. A fine, full-length portrait in traditional Japanese garb.
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