- Unhappy man with cigar
Unhappy man with cigar - Two gentlemen talking
Two gentlemen talking - The pawnbroker
- 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. - The Butler
- The Bowery night-scene
The Bowery night-scene - Smiling and rubbing his hands
Man smiling and rubbing his hands - Pleased to meet you
Pleased to meet you, man showing respect when greeting someone - Patronizing stance
Man standing in a patronizing stance - Old Lady
- Men
Men - Man wringing his hands
Man wringing his hands in anticipation of making some money - Man with money in his hand
Man looking at the money in his hand - Man with long beard
Man with long beard - Man with hat in his hands
- Man watching girl aleep in bed
- Man walking
Man walking - Man smoking a cigar
Man smoking a cigar - Man shrugging
European man with hat in hand shrugging - Man rubbing his hands
- Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage - Man on the stage
Man on the stage - Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling - Man in pub having a beer
Man in pub having a beer - Man in checked pant
- Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief
Man cleaning his glasses with a handkerchief - Man carrying girl downstairs
- Man
Man carrying a top hat - Large man looking at the puny chair
- Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816 - How do you do
- Gentleman smoking a cigar
Gentleman smoking a cigar - Gentleman explaining
Gentleman explaining - Excited man shouting
Excited man shouting - Costume for young girl. Period, 1821
Costume for young girl. Period, 1821 - Boy whistling
- Bartender looking at beer
Bartender looking at beer - 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. - A Lady
A Lady - A Lady
- 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 busboy
- A blacksmith