Litter Collection (#5)

The Daughter of the English Ambassador Riding in a Palanquin. Artist: Zonaro, Fausto (1854-1929)
The Daughter of the English Ambassador Riding in a Palanquin. Found in the collection of Pera Museum, Istanbul

Sahara, c1930s
Sahara. Immured within the green litter which sways perilously from side to side, a woman of Islam is borne across the desert, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

A spirit chair, funeral pageant of a wealthy man, Nanking (Nanjing), China, 1906. Artist: The Fine Art Photographers Co
A spirit chair, funeral pageant of a wealthy man, Nanking (Nanjing), China, 1906. Venerated object. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Chinese funeral procession, bearing food for the departed spirit, Peking (Beijing), China, 1901. Artist: HC White
Chinese funeral procession, bearing food for the departed spirit, Peking (Beijing), China, 1901. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Festival of Reason, Paris, 1793 (1882-1884). The Festival of Reason was staged on 10th November (20 Brumaire) 1793, with ceremonies devised and organised by Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette

The Insect Daimio Cortege, 1878 (1886). Engraved in two blocks, from a drawing by Kiosai. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington

Joseph Gallieni, French general, 1899. Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies

The Last Mile, 1873 (1883) David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

How Hindu cows enjoy life on Harrison Street, Calcutta, India, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
How Hindu cows enjoy life on Harrison Street, Calcutta, India, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

The rubbish left on Hamstead Heath after a bank holiday, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Appearance in public of a Viceroy attended by his retinue, 1847. Artist: Giles
Appearance in public of a Viceroy attended by his retinue, 1847. A Chinese dignitary being carried in a litter. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London)

Approach of the Emperor of China, to receive the British ambassador, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
Approach of the Emperor of China, to receive the British ambassador, 1847. Drawn by B Clayton, from a painting by W Alexander

A Japanese kago, occupant and carriers, Japan, 1905. Artist: BL Singley
A Japanese kago, occupant and carriers, Japan, 1905. A kago is a basic, undecorated palanquin (a traditional form of transport). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Palanquin bearers in rain costume, Korea, 19th century. Artist: Mario Azzopardi
Palanquin bearers in rain costume, Korea, 19th century

Crossing the Oho-e-ga-wa, in the province of Suraga, 1856
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Travelling in Madagascar, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

La Kago, Transport of Japan, c1890. Artist: Charles Gillot
La Kago, Transport of Japan, c1890. Illustration from the the booklet Japon, Moeurs et Usages, (Paris, c1890)

The Chinese Army led by Marshal Ma on the Manchurian border, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th October 1904

Fernando of Portugal taken prisoner, c1212, (1375-1379). Infante Ferdinand and his new wife, Jeanne of Flanders, were taken prisoner by King Philippe Augustes son, the future Louis VIII

The Last Mile, c1880. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Shell Mound People, 4000-2000 BC (c1880). The Shell Mound People, or Kitchen-Middeners, were hunter-gatherers of the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic period

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