Palanquin Collection

Sedan chair palanquin with bearers, China c. 1870 s
Chinese sedan chair or palanquin with bearers, China c.1870 s

Japan, ornate palanquin and porters, c. 1870 s
Japan, ornate palanquin and porters, c.1870 s

Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s
Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c.1880s

Indian transport: sedan chair or palanquins. Long palanquin, miyana, jhalidar palki, and copala palki. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, India
Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India. Hindu devotees are suspended by hooks in the skin from long poles

Group of Palanquin Bearers, rest opposite the Parcel Office
Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in

Almas Sees The Princess
A painting or poster design depicting a colourful parade of people wearing costumes and wielding spears, carrying a palanquin style platform, which has a princess reclined on top. Date: circa 1917

First Experiences of a Calcutta Palki
A British man details his first experience with a Palki in Calcutta, India. A palki, also known as a palanquin or litter, was was a covered box for transporting people of importance

c. 1880s Japan - train of sedan chairs on a rual road

c. 1880s Japan - sedan chair and Mount fuji

c. 1880s Japan - woman in sedan chair tattooed bearers
c. 1880s Japan - woman in sedan chair with tattooed bearers

c. 1880s Japan - woman in sedan chair, tattooed bearers

Historical views of Persia (Iran). View of the city of Gombroon (Bandar Abbas) on the Persian Gulf 58, the courtesan Thais leading Alexander the Great to set fire to Persepolis 59

Balboa and Pizarro exploring Central and South America
Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaching the Pacific 19, Francisco Pizarro separating his men by a line in the sand on the Isle of Gallo 20, and Peruvians afraid of a lunar eclipse 21

Hernan Cortez in Mexico
Hernan Cortez landing at Tabasco, Mexico 10, presented with 20 women including Marina by the Mayans 11, and destroying a Mayan temple and idols 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Funeral procession and cortege for a queen of Tonkin, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Funeral procession and cortege for a king of Tonkin, Vietnam. The kings body on a palanquin with servants holding parasols and fans

Indian sedan chair, wagon and carriage
Indian transport: sedan chair or chair palanquin, gary ox cart on the bridge, and a rath or two-ox carriage with curtained palanquin

Cortege of a Mughal ruler in India. Mogul and courtiers riding in palanquins on elephants, guarded by cavalry and infantry

Camels palanquins on the racing grounds
circa 1910s

Camel Palanquin Date: 1950

Dakar, Senegal - West Africa - Tall Marital Camel Palanquin. Date: circa 1920s

Night travelling in the Punjab 1857
Travelling at night is accompanied by a musalchee or torch-bearer, who runs a little before the palanquin, with the torch, not only for the purpose of showing them the way

Sedan Chair in Shanghai 1860
Sedan chair or palanquin in Shanghai, China. Date: 1860

Scene from the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - also features his portrait profile and signature. Date: circa 1900s

Indian war elephant with soldiers and archers in a tower palanquin.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Indian nobleman on a palanquin on an elephant.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Ouled Nails Woman in Covered Camel Palanquin
An Ouled Nails woman in Southern Algeria, showing her very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft. This picture is from Bousaada

Mule-drawn Palanquin (Sedan Chair) - Tourist occupant
Mule-drawn Palanquin (Sedan Chair) - with an American Tourist occupant (note the Star and Stripes flag on the roof!) - probably in Syria. Date: circa 1905

Julia Sabina visiting Egyptian antiquities at Thebes
A Roman visitor to the Egyptian tombs - one of the earliest of a long line of Egyptian tourists before the colossal statues of Memnon in the early years of the Christian era

Chinese Marriage
A Chinese marriage procession - the bride is conveyed in a palanquin to the home of the groom. Date: circa 1840

Chinese noble transportated in palanquin at the times of the Qing Dynasty. Illustration in travel magazine El viagero ilustrado (The Illustrated traveler). Year 3. No. 7. April 15, 1880. Engraving

A woman riding in a palanquin. Photograph shows a woman riding in an open palaquin or litter; also shows a porter with shoulder pole carrying small bundles. Date ca. 1877

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, Japan
The Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri), which takes place annually in Kyoto and is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. The Festival is crowned by a parade (the Yamaboko Junko)

Young boys carrying a Mikoshi - portable Shinto Shrine
Young boys carrying a Mikoshi (Divine Palanquin), a portable Shinto Shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine

Shinto shrine, Kobe, Japan
Shinto shrine at Kobe, Japan, with two servants and a palanquin

Indian cart, palanquin, musical instrument, books, fans, etc.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Indian lady in her curtained palkee (palanquin).. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Japan - Mikoshi (Divine Palanquin) - portable Shinto Shrine surrounded by a mass oc children. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between

Arab wedding with camels, Egypt

Arab wedding at Port Said, Egypt
A traditional arab wedding with two camels and transport at Port Said, Egypt. Date: 20th century

Calcutta, India - Indian Palanquin
Calcutta (Kolkata), India - Indian Palanquin

Algeria - Camel Transport
A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft

Chinese covered litter
A Chinese covered litter - carried by a team of mules with an attendant and an attendant donkey!

Japanese palanquin
A Japanese lady is carried in a palanquin supported by two bearers

Two Palanquins Meet
A European gentleman in a palanquin meets a European lady in a palanquin and they exchange greetings while their bearers - four to each palanquin - stagger on

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