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Nagasaki,

late 19th–early 20th century

Photographer unidentified
2025-38

Information

Title
Nagasaki
Dates

late 19th–early 20th century

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Medium
Albumen print with applied color
Dimensions
20.8 × 26.7 cm (8 3/16 × 10 1/2 in.) mount: 26.2 × 34 cm (10 5/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Robert W. Bagley Fund for Asian Art
Object Number
2025-38
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Nagasaki

Inscription
printed, lower left: 207 NAGASAKI
Culture
Meiji, Japanese
Type
albumen prints, photographs
Materials
albumen prints
Techniques
hand coloring
Subject
roofs, ports, cityscapes, seascapes, mountains, boats

Purchased by Dr. Stanley Burns, 1980s and 1990s; gifted to Elizabeth Burns, 1980s through 2010s; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.

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