The Heathen Chinee in British Columbia

Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper: "The Heathen Chinee in British Columbia"; Amor de Cosmos and a caricature of a Chinese man.
Date(s): 1879 (Creation)
Physical description: 1 print: tinted engraving, mounted; 24.9 x 23.7 cm
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The Heathen Chinee in British Columbia
Amor de Cosmos i.e. :—The Love of the World or the Lover of Mankind

Heathen Chinee:—Why you sendee me offee?
A.D.C.:—Because you can't or won't 'assimilate' with us.
Heathen Chinee:—What is datee?
A.D.C.:—You won't drink whisky, and talk politics and vote like us.

Nieuw project: leesbaar maken [update 2]

(Update 2, 14 november 2011, update 1 hier)

Inmiddels is het gelukt om de behuizing van de foto op een niet-destructieve manier te openen. De op karton geplakte foto geeft de volgende extra info.

VIVOT. Phot.    AMIENS.

Vivot
Amiens.
4.Boulevard de Beauvais.4
Près la Porte de Beauvais
1879

Gevonden info:
Vivot operated at 4, boulevard de Beauvais in Amiens between roughly 1865 and 1896. (bron)

Vivot wordt ook genoemd in L' Atelier des photographes du XIX siecle.

Jeanne d'Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage

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