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Cabinet photographs

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Images from the collections

Images of Cabinet photographs

12 images from works
  • Ekins pharmacy, Melbourne, Victoria: the shop seen from the street, with the pharmacist and his family standing outside. Photograph by E.C. Waddington, ca. 1883/1884.
  • Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.
  • A young woman seated on a low balustrade posing naked.
  • A young Norwegian woman, posing in a photographic studio wearing peasant dress. Coloured photograph by S. Lund, 1903.
  • South Africa: Zulu women, bare-chested and wearing ornamental jewellery, posing outside a mud hut. Photograph, 1880/1890.
  • An invalid lady reclining outdoors on a chaise longue. Photograph by J.A. Draycott, 189-.
  • A young Norwegian woman, posing in a photographic studio wearing peasant dress. Coloured photograph by Søstrene Persen, 1901.
  • A family portrait: a man without arms and legs poses on a table surrounded by family.
  • An invalid lady reclining outdoors on a chaise longue. Photograph by J.A. Draycott, 189-.
  • Conjoined twins (newborn): posthumous. Photograph, 1870/1890.
  • Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest, seated; with Reverend Kipe, standing. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.
  • Staff and patients at a hospital in Yorkshire, ca. 1891. Photograph by T. Holey, ca. 1891.

Works from the collections

58 works

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    A woman wearing bodystocking posing on a dais as Flora?.

    Walery. | Date: [late 19th century] | Reference: 529256i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a classical attitude as Flora?.

    Oricelly, J. | Date: [late 19th century] | Reference: 529321i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A woman poses wearing a costume including a cape with a fur trim.

    Pol, M | Reference: 533936i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A young woman with her hair up, holding a tambourine, posing naked against some drapery in a photographic studio.

    Reutlinger family | Date: Approximately 1900 | Reference: 531560i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.

    W C Bell (Frederick, Md.) | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 46781i
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Related topics

Women
Paris
Photography of the nude
Female nude in art
Hair
Gender nonconformity
Female impersonators
Statues
Fans
Ethnic costume

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