Che-Mah, the Chinese Dwarf
Item Information
- Title:
- Che-Mah, the Chinese Dwarf
- Description:
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Black and white full-length studio portrait of Che-Mah, a Chinese dwarf standing next to a Caucasian male of normal stature. Subject is a Asian male standing facing front in Chinese attire. Subject has a goatee and a fu manchu moustache. Subject wears a dark sailor-like hat, a dark tunic of shiny fabric with a central embroidered square, wide sleeves, a longer white tunic extending below the dark tunic. White tunic is patterned with butterflies [?]. Beneath the white tunic are dark shoes topped by the cuffs of dark pants. In his left hand subject holds a light-colored folded fan. To subject's right is an unidentified Caucasian male with greying hair swept back over the crown of his head and very full, greying lamb chop sideburns/whiskers. This subject wears a three-quarter-length unbuttoned, double-breasted coat of medium-color with six buttons visible, slightly darker-colored buttoned vest under, white shirt, dark bow tie, gingham-checked trousers and scuffed dark shoes. To the left of Che-Mah are plants painted on a studio backdrop.
- Photographer:
- Eisenmann, Charles, 1850-
- Date:
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[ca. 1862]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Cartes de visite
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
- Location:
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New Bedford Free Public Library
Earl D. Wilson Collection Photographs Box 1, Folder 41 (shelf locator) - Collection (local):
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Earle D. Wilson Collection
- Subjects:
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Dwarfs
Circuses & shows
- Places:
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New YorkNew York
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 11 x 7 cm (cartes de visite format)
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mk61st41q
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
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