Felice Beato's photograph colourer

Felice Beato's photograph colourer

Collection

Northup, Lesley

Identifier

LN-s11

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: LN-s11.  Studio portrait photograph, by Felice Beato, on a carte de visite.  The Japanese man is holding a paintbrush or pen and a carte-de-visite.  There is a portfolio or album by the man's feet, further indicating that he is an artist or copyist.  He was one of Felice Beato's studio artists in Japan, employed to hand colour his larger format photographic prints.

Location

Japan

Estimated Date

1867 - 1868

Photographer

Beato, Felice

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections