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(CHINA & JAPAN) Group of 9 photographs of 19th-century Chinese figures and landscapes, the 3 of Japan were attributed to Beato by Bhupendra Karia. Mounted albumen prints, sizes ranging from 8 1/4x10 1/2 (21.0x26.7 cm.) to 9x11 1/4 inches (22.9x28.6 cm.), 4 of the smaller prints with a letterpress caption below the image area. Late 1860s
Originally in the Collection of Bhupendra Karia (1936-1994); by descent to the present owner.
The Japanese photographs attributed to Beato are larger and not captioned. The 6 smaller images include 4 captioned prints, "Group of Hong Kong Women," "Chinese Lawyer," "Two Ordinary Men," "Red Button Mandarin and Son," and 2 uncaptioned studies, military figures and a scholar.
