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Anciennes photographies · Livres rares · Enregistrements du son · Art Océanien
Alte Photographien · Wertvolle Bücher · Ton-Aufnahmen · Ozeanische Kunst
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of Tahitian women (royalty) with Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
& Saxe Coburg Gotha (1844-1900), and other European men. Carte-de-visite photograph, 1870 100 x 64 mm Photographer unkown HRH Prince Alfred (son of Queen Victoria of England) visited Tahiti in 1870. He is seated on a chair at centre. The woman resting on his knee is Mlle. Brander (Titana) (cf Chamonal, Early Inhabitants In Oceania, no. 72 reproduced back cover). Good condition but with small section of surface lifting, left hand edge, due to tiny puncture on reverse. |
