Oriental Collection (page 69)

Kubsang (Lydekker)
(prionodon pardicolor) This beautiful creature is probably the Oriental Linsang, which lives in south-east Asia : it is related to the Civet. Date: 1893

Joseph White
JOSEPH WHITE churchman, prebend of Gloucester, oriental scholar, Date: 1745 - 1814

Francois Vatable
FRANCOIS VATABLE (Gastebled) French oriental scholar Date: ? - 1547

Elizabeth Smith - 2
ELIZABETH SMITH oriental scholar and writer who died at a sadly early age Date: 1776 - 1806

Adrian Reland
ADRIAN RELAND Dutch churchman and oriental scholar. Date: 1676 - 1718

Humphrey Prideaux
HUMPHREY PRIDEAUX Churchman and oriental scholar Date: 1648 - 1724

August Pfeiffer
AUGUST PFEIFFER German churchman and oriental scholar. Date: 1640 - 1698

Edward Palmer
EDWARD PALMER Oriental scholar, who had the misfortune to be murdered by murderous Arabs while on an expedition in those parts... Date: 1840 - 1882

Countess of Orkney
CHARLOTTE ISABELLA, nee Irby, countess of ORKNEY wife of Thomas Hamilton, fifth earl, wearing a vaguely oriental costume. Date: 1807 - 1883

Heinrich Opitz
HEINRICH OPITZ German oriental scholar Date: 1642 - 1712

Singapore 1976
Singapore: view of Merlion and Port. Date: 1976

Hiding Prohibition Booze
A young woman up a step ladder demonstrates the enormous lengths people went to to hide their bootleg booze during the Prohibition in the U.S.A.! Date: early 1930s

Green & Gold Compact
Green circular compact with diamante (paste) decoration, gold cord and tassels containing a mirror, powder and two lipstick holders. Date: circa 1920

JEAN MORIN French churchman and oriental scholar, father at the Oratoire. Date: 1591 - 1659

Edward Wortley Montagu
EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGU writer and traveller, son of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, depicted in oriental costume. Date: 1713 - 1776

Johann Hein. Michaelis
JOHANN HEINRICH MICHAELIS German churchman and oriental scholar Date: 1668 - 1738

Johann David Michaelis
JOHANN DAVID MICHAELIS German oriental scholar Date: 1717 - 1791

Thomas Maurice
THOMAS MAURICE Oriental scholar, historian and antiquary Date: 1754 - 1824

Constantine L empereur
CONSTANTINE L EMPEREUR Dutch scholar of oriental languages at Louvain. Date: 1570 - 1648

Princess Galitzens Shop
An ornate four poster bed, chairs, busts and Asian and oriental art in Princess Galitzens Russian shop, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Mrs Griffith John
The wife of missionary and oriental scholar Griffith John. Date: circa 1900

Griffith John Missionary
GRIFFITH JOHN Welsh churchman, missionary in China, and oriental scholar. Date: 1831 - 1912

Henry Jessey
HENRY JESSEY English baptist churchman and oriental scholar. Date: 1601 - 1663

Matthaus Hiller
MATTHAUS HILLER German churchman and scholar of Greek and oriental languages, professor at Tubingen Academy. Date: 1646 - 1725

Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

The Bund from the Pier - Kobe, Japan. Left to right can be seen: The Shipping Office, The Oriental Hotel and the British Consulate. Date: circa 1907

Chinese Actress performing in New York: " With laughing song and Merry Dance". Date: circa 1904

Aleppo, Syria - clock tower of Bab al-Faraj
The clock tower of Bab al-Faraj is one of the main landmarks of Aleppo. The tower was built in 1898-1899 by the French architect of Aleppo city Charles Chartier Date: circa 1910s

Marseille Colonial Exhibition - Marseille, France - Annam Palace. Date: 1906

Women in Fashionable Oriental Costume with fans Date: circa 1920s

A Street Shoe Repairer - Izmir, Turkey, specifically working on Babouches, a form of heelless slipper, typically in oriental style. Date: circa 1910

Veiled Turkish Woman turns with a coy gaze toward the photographer. Date: 1920s

Kong Chow Temple - Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Oriental beauty reclining on a divan
Oriental beauty (yet to open her wardrobe that morning) reclining on a divan. Date: 1914

Second Oriental Tour of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany - 1898
The Second Oriental Tour of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and Empress Augusta Victoria in 1898. Souvenir card issued to mark the occasion. Date: 1898

Syria - In the Bazaar
Syria - Scene in the Bazaar. Date: circa 1910s

Imam upon the minaret calling believers to prayer - Syria
The Imam the minaret calling the believers to prayer - Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Southern Egyptian Girl - Sudan - with silver crescent moon
A profile portrait Southern Egyptian Girl, from the modern Sudan, with blue headscarf and large hooped gold earrings - framed by a silver crescent moon Date: circa 1907

Interior of an Arabian Bazaar - postcard sent fm Istanbul, but form of the Bazaar is clearly a very artistic impression! Date: circa 1910

Parisian stage entertainer in (vaguely!) Siamese costume
Dramatic photograph of a Parisian stage entertainer in her wonderful two-piece oriental-style costume Date: circa 1920s

A rough sketch by Phil May inside a Chinese Theatre. Date: 1890s

Oriental Egyptain Beauty wearing a Dragonfly Wing skirt
Oriental Egyptian Beauty wearing a Dragonfly Wing skirt, a very popular motif of the period in fashion and jewellery. The terminology was Plique-a-jour (French for " letting in daylight" )

Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Oriental Beauty - Turkish Ottoman Flags
A veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish Ottoman flags - patriotic postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish Woman in floral skirt and red fez hat
Turkish Woman floral skirt red fez hat formal traditional costume dress clothing austere attire Date: 1912

Turkestan - Camel Trader passes below an archway
The Golden Road to Turkestan. Tourist Guide to Turkestan - (then in) Soviet Central Asia. Date: 1933

Oriental Store - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s

View of Shanghai, China, by Ting-Qua

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