man with a backpack
An unidentified man from his left side in Tangier, Morocco. He stands on long grass with a backdrop behind him. He wears a turban, a short robe, shorts, and shoes without heels. He carries a full...
Mary, Queen of Scots
A photograph of the Alexander Ritchie Etching after the painting by J.B. Wanderforde of a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, standing, facing left, with Holyrood Palace in the background. She holds a...
Monk inside gateway entrance to Temple of the Tooth
Entrance to the Buddhist temple, Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A monk stands under the arched gateway into the temple with one hand on the left wall of the gateway. The...
Peasant woman carries a basket on her head
A peasant woman in Japan carries a large, round basket with low sides on her head, as she smiles at the camera. The basket is filled with large leaves. She stands on rocky barren soil. A donkey stands...
Prayers offered by the tombs of Mahmud II and Abdulaziz
A man kneels on a pillow by a foldable book stand with an open book on it, in front of the two tombs in the interior view of the Sultan Mahmud II mausoleum, showing the tombs of Sultan Mahmud II and...
Rubber tree clearing
A hill filled with stumps of Manihot Glaziovii, a tree that produces Ceara India-Rubber that have been clear cut in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A Sri Lanken man stands in the foreground with his hand on...
Scotsman dancing a sword dance
An unidentified Scotsman in ceremonial Highland attire is dancing a sword dance over crossed swords lying on the ground. Both hands are raised waist high at the elbows, palms up, fingers curled. His...
Shopkeeper stands in the doorway of a brush and mat shop below God's Providence House
God's Providence House, 9 Watergate Street and 11–11A Watergate Row, in Chester, England. The house is built in sandstone and timber framing with plaster panels and a slate roof. It has four stories...
Singhalese lady
An unidentified Sinhalese woman in traditional clothing and jewelry rests her forearm and elbow on a table and touches her ear with her left hand in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], in a close-up photograph...
Sri Lanka man plays a pungi for a cobra snake to move to
A barefoot Sri Lankan man in traditional clothing, who is a snake charmer, crouches on the ground and closes his eyes as he plays a pungi in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A cobra snake is on the ground in...
Statue of Henri IV of France in Pau, France
A statue of Henry IV in Place Royale in Pau, France. Henry IV extends his right hand, palm up, out to his low right. He turns his head slightly to the right with a smile. With his left hand, he holds...
Tea estate in Sri Lanka
Panorama of a tea estate in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], shows a white man wearing a pith helmet standing outside a large, two-story house with surrounding gardens while the hills completely surrounding...
Tea laborer harvesting tea leaves
A Tamil woman laborer looks down as she is plucking tea leaves from a tea bush in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. She carries a basket from a strap around her waist for the harvested leaves. She wears...
Thomas Jefferson under construction at Mount Rushmore
Thomas Jefferson façade under construction at Mount Rushmore, in Keystone, South Dakota, has the ladders, ropes, and baskets that suspend the sculptors.
Tomb of the Virgin Mary and grotto of agony
A man stands on the grounds of the Tomb of Virgin and the Grotto of Agony. The stone paved grounds lead to a stone building with an arched gateway. To the right of the building is a narrow lane...
Turkish woman
A photograph of a Turkish woman sitting in a chair with fringe on the arm and looking up and to the right. She wears a head covering and a scarf over her face. She also wears a robe of intricate sewn...
Venus
A photograph of the head of a sculpture of Venus as she looks over her right shoulder with her hair banded up. The sculpture resides in the Pitti Palace gallery in Florence, Italy. Printed along the...
Walls of a fort by a body of water
The walls and parapets of a fortification stand in the back of the photograph as a black man wearing a suit and a derby hat leans on the fence of a bridge that spans water just outside of the rock...
Water porter in Jerusalem
A Middle Eastern man wearing a turban, carries water stored in the cavity of a hog by ropes strapped to his back in Jerusalem. He stands in front of a tall stone wall. Printed below the photograph,...
Whaling harpoon
A photograph of a man, from his right side, working with a whaling harpoon mounted on a wooden deck and pointed toward a body of water. A shoreline rises from the water behind him. Large ropes are...
Wife from Bergen, Norway
Native woman from Bergen, Norway, stands looking directly at the camera, wearing traditional peasant clothing. The head covering, called a skaut, indicates that this woman is married. She carries a...
Woman in repose in Tangier, Morocco
An unidentified Moroccan woman in repose on her left side in Tangier, Morocco. Her eyes look a bit to the right and not at the camera. She boosts herself from two stacked mattresses, a mat, and two...
Woman riding a carriage by Hardanger fjord
Photograph from the side of a woman riding a horse-drawn carriage that is stopped for a moment by Hardanger fjord, Odda harbor in Norway. A ship is anchored in the center of the fjord with its sails...
woman wearing a chador
An unidentified woman wearing a chador covers her lips with a hand that is under the chador Tangier, Morocco, and looks directly at the camera with her head bent slightly forward. She stands in front...