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    Béchard, Henri
  • Femmes Arabes Allant au Bain (Arab women going to the baths)
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    A group of women and girls in traditional dress, standing in front of a stone wall. Probably from Béchard's work in Egypt in the 1870s and 1880s. Two albumen prints mounted on one mount.
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    Women's clothing; Girl's clothing; Black-and-white photography; Ethnic costume; Travel photography
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    Mayall, John Jabez Edwin
  • Female portrait
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    Four identical images on one sheet. Portrait of a Victorian-era woman standing against an interior wall, curtain to the right.
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    Women's clothing; Albumen paper print; Figure Study; Portrait; Portrait photography
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    Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879, 1815-1879
  • The Fisherman's Return
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    Photograph of a man and woman wearing rustic costumes and surrounded by basketry and other domestic objects. The Fisherman’s Return is one half of a series by Cameron; the other half is the Fisherman’s Farewell, of the same year.
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    Portrait photography; Costume; Fishers; Fishers' spouses; Women photographers; Albumen paper print
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    Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
  • Ruth St. Denis
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    Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis, wearing an elaborate costume. One in a series of photographs of St. Denis taken by Weston, this image presents her as a delicate and picturesque icon. Weston's work before 1920 often features both a soft...
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Photography-California
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    Anonymous
  • Ruth St. Denis in Rahda
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    Image of Ruth St. Denis in character. One of St. Denis' earliest dance creations, "Radha" was first performed privately for a group of society patronesses in 1905. With their enthusiastic support, St. Denis was catapulted into society circles,...
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
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    Fenton, Roger
  • General Bosquet and Captain Dampiere
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    Two men in military uniform outside a tent, one seated, other standing.
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    Military uniforms; Swords; Armed forces-Officers; Salted paper print; Crimean War, 1853-1856; War photography
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    Fenton, Roger
  • Two Sergeants of the 8th Hussars
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    Two men in military uniform standing in landscape. One holds a glass while the other pours from bottle.
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    Hussars; Military uniforms; Armed forces-Officers; Salted paper print; War photography; Crimean War, 1853-1856
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    Anthony, Mark
  • Wild Flowers
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    This image shows a young girl, her gaze directed at the camera, dressed in a costume from an earlier era. She carries a bonnet and flowers. There is a double-sided one page accompaniment to this photograph which has descriptive information and a...
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    Figure; Albumen paper print; Children's clothing; Girls; Girl's clothing
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    Weston, Edward, 1886-1958; Mather, Margrethe, 1885-1952
  • Two Nudes (Marion Morgan Dancers?)
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    Two nude women, possibly Marion Morgan Dancers, lounge on an over-sized concrete bench outdoors. One woman has a light swath of cloth across her lower torso and holds a mirror or fan.
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    Figure Study; Female nude in art; Photography of the nude; Women; Photography-California; Women photographers; Platinum print
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    Anonymous, European
  • Paris Exhibition
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    A cyanotype of one structure from the Exposition Internationale, Paris, of 1900. A horse and carriage has pulled up in front of the building.
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    Exposition internationale (Paris, France); Cyanotypes;
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    Lange, Jessica
  • Mexico (24)
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    While Lange considers her photographic work to be far removed from her film career, the pictures produced do have an appropriately cinematic quality to them. Her images of Mexico, swell with a quiet stillness, a sense of arrested time. Mexico (24)...
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    Black-and-white photography; Sidewalks; Doors

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