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Portraits: Ethnic
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Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg, 1848, August, Portrait d'une femme en costume traditionnel, Daguerreotype, Musée français de la Photographie, LL/42328
Adolphe Braun, 1860s (ca), Costumes de Suisse Canton de Berne, Albumen print, hand-tinted, Lee Gallery, LL/13970
Jules Richard (1816-1891), n.d., Portrait d'un dignitaire persan, Téhéran, Daguerreotype, Musée d'Orsay, LL/42665
Abdullah frères, 1860s, Turkish porter, Carte de visite, Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs, LL/11982
Unidentified photographer, 1910-1920 (ca), German petrol seller, Real photo postcard, Paul Frecker, LL/14143
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1884 (ca), A Bit of News, Carbon print, Lee Gallery, LL/13919
Unidentified photographer, 1875 (ca), Greek Royal Guards, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14989
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1884 (taken) 1886 (ca, print), Lapons (plate 81): Aslak Piersen, [Prince Roland Bonaparte's ethnographic expedition to Lapland], Collotype, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/13709
E. Linde & Co., n.d., Untitled close-up of lady with fancy hat (Detail), [Beautes de Jour], Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11778
Eugène Atget, 1913, Porte d'Italie - Zone des fortifications va disparaitre (chiffonniers) (18arr), Albumen print, George Eastman Museum, LL/6426
Lallemand & Hart, 1865, France - Alsace / Département du Bas-Rhin. - Commune de Blaesheim / Les fileuses (Detail), [Galerie Universelle des Peuples: Alsace, Seventh plate], Albumen print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/13054
Unidentified photographer / artist, 19th century, Italian CDV purporting to show local characters, Carte de visite, Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada, LL/10614
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Cociari peasants [Italian], Carte de visite, hand-painted, Collection of Michael G. Jacob, LL/42282
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Female brigand [Italian], Carte de visite, hand-painted, Collezione della Fondazione Carispo di Spoleto, LL/42270
Hill & Adamson, 1844-1846, Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Linton, Newhaven, Scotland, Salt print, paper negative, Lee Gallery, LL/3227
Herbert Rose Barraud, 1880s (late), W. G. Grace, cricketer, Woodburytype, Paul Frecker, LL/12333
Frank Haes, n.d., Milkmaid, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12104
Thomas Annan, 1868, 6 Close No. 118 High Street, [The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900 edition)], Photogravure, Photoseed, LL/12212
Unidentified photographer, 1854 (ca), Portrait of a young man, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada, LL/11403
Unidentified photographer, 1850s (ca), Group of Men with Tools, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Lee Gallery, LL/13964
Heyn, n.d., Thomas White Face, Ogallala Sioux, Platinum print, hand-coloured, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/10920
S. Marksville, 1870s-1880s (Further information sought), Home Furnishings and Art, No. 310 [], Cabinet card, Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm, LL/13525
Jules Itier, 1844, November, Groupe pris dans une rue de Canton, Daguerreotype, Musée français de la Photographie, LL/42322
Felice Beato, 1886-1901 (ca), Burmese Girls, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14986
Charles Scowen, 1880 (ca), Tamil Girl, Ceylon, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14987
Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), Tartar Family, Kazan, Russia, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14990
A. Hefferan (Darjeeling), 1890 (ca), Nepaly Lady, Albumen print, on printing out paper, Antiq-Photo, LL/14992
A. Hefferan (Darjeeling), 1890 (ca), Tibetan Lady, Albumen print, on printing out paper, Antiq-Photo, LL/14993
Unidentified photographer, 1870 (ca), Chetty, Ceylon, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/15000
Serge Levitsky, 1870 (ca), The Shah of Persia, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12294
Esaki Reiji Studio, 1870s (ca), Geisha, Albumen print, Old Japan, LL/9207
Tanimoto Y studio, 1900 (ca), Geisha Hairstyle, Silver print, Old Japan, LL/9225
Obder W. Heffer, 1890 (ca), Araucanian women weaving, Chile, Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/12150
E. Maunoury, 1865, Peruvian Indian Fruit Girl, Carte de visite, Antiq-Photo, LL/8125
Arthur W. Boote, 1870 (ca), El Abado - Gauchos cooking at Camp, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14997
Unidentified photographer, 1864-1866 (ca) / 1878 (ca), untitled [Portrait of the indigenous population of Argentina], Albumen print, Sotheby's - London, LL/44378
Unidentified photographer, 1864-1866 (ca) / 1878 (ca), untitled [Portrait of the indigenous population of Argentina], Albumen print, Sotheby's - London, LL/44379
Courret Hermanos, 1860s (ca), A kallawaya, an indigenous healer/herbalist from Bautista Saavedra province in northwestern Bolivia, Carte de visite, Private collection of Daniel Buck, LL/15081
Julio Cordero Castillo, 1900s (early), A La Paz chola, Bolivia, Silver nitrate print (?), Private collection of Daniel Buck, LL/15080
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1870s (ca), A Bolivian Beau Brummel type, Carte de visite, Private collection of Daniel Buck, LL/15082
Unidentified photographer, 1870 (ca), Zulu Warrior Chief, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14994
Unidentified photographer, 1870s-1880s, A "Christian kafir" in Natal, Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/12163
Thomas Andrew, 1915-1920 (ca), High Chief and family, Samoa, Real photo postcard, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14412
Gauthier, 1919 (ca), Marquesan chief, Postcard, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14410
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1870s (ca), Tahitian women's musical group, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14411
Foy Bros., 1872-1886 (ca), A Maori woman wearing huia feathers, korowai cloak and hei tiki, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14415
Foy Bros., 1872-1886 (ca), A Maori rangatira with moko, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14416
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1868-1870 (ca), Mademoiselle Brander (Titana), Tahiti, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14394
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 1872 (ca), Fijian cannibals, photographed in the United States for Barnum's Circus, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14395
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1880s (ca), Study of the hair and back of a young man, Samoa, Polynesia, Carte de visite, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14396
Edward Reichenbach, 1915 (ca), Group of Aboriginal men dressed for ceremony, East Arnhem Land, Australia, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14374
Samuel White Sweet, 1870s (ca), Aboriginal men displaying weapons (Murray River region, South Australia), Albumen print, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14385
Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Young Aboriginal man with bone nose ornament, Western Australia, Photo photcard, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14382
Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Wild Harry (Aboriginal man with elaborate hair ornament, Western Australia), [The Rose Series W. 7], Photo photcard, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14381
Charles Barrett, 1930s (ca), Aborigine with ceremonial decoration, Arnhem Land, Gelatin silver print, Oceania-Ethnographica, LL/14379
Pascal Sebah, 1870 (ca), 230: Dame turque chez elle [Turkish lady at home]., Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/12157
Unidentified photographer, 1870 (ca), Young Prostitute of the Bab-el-Oued, Algeria, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14998
Unidentified photographer, 1895 (ca), Musician of Tunis, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14999
Tancrède Dumas, 1889, 2080 A Druse of Mount Lebanon, Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/12068
Félix Bonfils, 1880 (ca), Arab Food Vendor, Albumen print, Antiq-Photo, LL/14988
Charles Bierstadt, n.d., #101. Persian Jew in Jerusalem, Palestine, Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13867
Zangaki Brothers, 1870s (ca), The flea hunt, Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/12871
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An Hour's Search; or, Aunt Venus Hunting for Florida Fleas - Front, [Florida, The land of flowers and tropical scenery], Stereocard, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/10947
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An Hour's Search; or, Aunt Venus Hunting for Florida Fleas - Back, [Florida, The land of flowers and tropical scenery], Stereocard, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/10948
International View Co., n.d., 791 a. Five O'clock Tea (Detail), Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11767
James Cremer, 1870s (ca), Pledging the Diamond Ring, Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13868
   
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