- Boy whistling
- Man with hat in his hands
- The Bowery night-scene
The Bowery night-scene - Man carrying girl downstairs
- A Lady
- Men
Men - Large man looking at the puny chair
- Smiling and rubbing his hands
Man smiling and rubbing his hands - A blacksmith
- How do you do
- Pleased to meet you
Pleased to meet you, man showing respect when greeting someone - Old Lady
- Man walking
Man walking - A busboy
- Unhappy man with cigar
Unhappy man with cigar - Man in checked pant
- Man watching girl aleep in bed
- Man in pub having a beer
Man in pub having a beer - Man wringing his hands
Man wringing his hands in anticipation of making some money - The Butler
- Man rubbing his hands
- Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief
Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief - The pawnbroker
- A Lady
A Lady - Excited man shouting
Excited man shouting - Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816 - Two gentlemen talking
Two gentlemen talking - Man on the stage
Man on the stage - Gentleman explaining
Gentleman explaining - Man
Man carrying a top hat - Man with money in his hand
Man looking at the money in his hand - The Old Shol
Shol One of the most influential personages of the neighbouring race of the Lao was a woman, already advanced in years, of the name of Shol. She played an important part as a sort of chief of the Meshera, her riches, according to the old patriarchal fashion, consisting of cattle. As wealthy as cattle copuld make her, she would long since have been a prey to the Nubians, who carry on their ravages principally in those regions, if it had not chanced that the intruders needed her for a friend. They required a convenient and secure landing-place, and the paramount necessity of having this induced them to consider plunder a secondary matter. Shol, on her part, uses all her influence to retain her tribe on friendly terms with the strangers. The smallest conflict might involve the entire loss of her property. - Bartender looking at beer
Bartender looking at beer - Patronizing stance
Man standing in a patronizing stance - Man with long beard
Man with long beard - Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage - Costume for young girl. Period, 1821
Costume for young girl. Period, 1821 - Man smoking a cigar
Man smoking a cigar - Gentleman smoking a cigar
Gentleman smoking a cigar - Man shrugging
European man with hat in hand shrugging - A Dinka Dandy
The portrait represents what might be styled a Dinka dandy, distinguished for unusually long hair. By continual combing and stroking with hair-pins, the hair of the negro loses much of its close curliness. Such was the case here: the hair, six inches long, was trained up into points like tongues of flame, and these, standing stiffly up all round his head, gave the man a fiendish look, which was still further increased by its being dyed a foxy red. This tint is the result of continual washing with cow-urine; a similar effect can be produced by the application for a fortnight of a mixture of dung and ashes. - A Niam-niam minstrel
A Niam-niam minstrel As the darkness came on. our camp was enlivened by the appearance of the grotesque figure of a singer, who came with a huge bunch of feathers in his hat, and these, as he wagged his head to the time of his music, became all entangled with the braids of his hair. Altogether the head was like the head of Medusa. These "minne-singers" among the Niam-niam as known as "nzangah." They are as sparing of their voices as a worn-out prima donna; except for those close by, it is impossible to hear what they are singing. Their instrument is the local guitar, the thin jingling of which accords perfectly well with the nasal humming of the minstrel's recitative. The occupation of these nzangah, however, notwithstanding the general love of the people for music, would not appear to be held in very high esteem, as the same designation is applied to those unfortunate women, friendless and fallen, who are never absent from any community. - Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling