Portrait of a Geisha Seated Before a Table

Masumi Hori II, Japanese, 1857 - 1911

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1894

Ambrotype in original Kiri-wood case

Overall: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund

2009.33

Geography

Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 81, The Colonial Lens, Allen Hockley, Winter 2012

AMES 91, Colonial Photography in Asia and the Middle East, Allen Hockley, Winter 2015

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

Provenance

Charles Schwartz Ltd, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2009.

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