(ASIA) saunders, william, attributed to
Select group of 6 remarkable ethnographic studies of figures in India (1), Vietnam (1) and China (4), with 3 of the Chinese photographs attributed to Saunders; plus a hand-colored portrait of a Japanese empress. Albumen prints, sizes range from approximately 4 1/4x6 to 9x12 inches (10.8x15.2 to 22.9x30.5 cm.), and the reverse, one with Samuel Bourne's credit and date in the negative and later handwritten notations on mount verso. 1860s-1880s