Exotic Collection (page 10)

A sight at Celebes, Indonesia, 19th century. Artist: Hubert Clerget
A sight at Celebes, Indonesia, 19th century. Sulawesi, (Celebes), is a large island in Indonesia

Fall of the river, Tondano, Indonesia, 19th century. Artist: Hubert Clerget
Fall of the river, Tondano, Indonesia, 19th century

A Walk in the Arou Islands, Indonesia, 19th century. Artist: J Moynet
A Walk in the Arou Islands, Indonesia, 19th century. The Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia

Mosque on Ternate, Indonesia, 19th century. Artist: Mesples
Mosque on Ternate, Indonesia, 19th century. Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia

Dutch house in Ternate, Indonesia, 19th century. Artist: Mesples
Dutch house in Ternate, Indonesia, 19th century. Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia

Bird of Paradise, 19th century. Artist: A Mesnel
Bird of Paradise, 19th century

Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. A fakir is a Sufi or Hindu ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic

In The Botanical Gardens, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

French costume: Gallic, Gallo Roman, Merovingian, Carlovingian, (1882). Illustration showing costume from earlier periods, from The History Of Fashion In France by Augustin Challamel

Joanna, 19th century. Portrait of a woman with one breast revealed, standing in a tropical landscape

Scene on the Honan Canal, near Canton, China, c1840. Artist: James B Allen
Scene on the Honan Canal, near Canton, China, c1840

Sports of the East, The Hunting Cheetah, 19th century. A man and a cheetah sit on a cart drawn by bullocks. The cheetah is unhooded, ready for hunting

An elephant fight, India, 19th century

River in Haiti, 19th century. Artist: T Weber
River in Haiti, 19th century

New Caledonian Native Hut, southwest Pacific, 1877

Bazaar, 1914. Artist: Macke, August (1887-1914)
Bazaar, 1914. From a private collection

Phanariot Greek Ladies, Mid of the 19th cen Artist: Riviere, Daniel Valentine (1780-1854)
Phanariot Greek Ladies, Mid of the 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

The Street, Second Half of the 19th cen Artist: Brest, Germain Fabius (1823-1900)
The Street, Second Half of the 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Cascade at Namora, Madagascar, late 19th century. Illustration from Island of Madagascar, sites, manners and costumes, (Paris)

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

Ladys headdress, 1450-1470, (1910). Female fashion from the reign of Henry VI-Edward IV ((1422-1483). Forked headdress with black velvet ermine-lined cloak with golden fleur-de-lys

Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo, 1908. Artist: Henri Rousseau
Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo, 1908. From the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

The Repast of the Lion, c1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Repast of the Lion, c1907. Rousseau based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris

The Snake Charmer, 1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Snake Charmer, 1907. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Gypsy with cigarette, 1862. Artist: Edouard Manet
Gypsy with cigarette, 1862. Manet was interested in the exotic costume worn by this gypsy as well as her defiant expression

Costume Moderne, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume Moderne, 1910. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Miller Atlas, c1519. The Portuguese Miller Atlas was discovered in France in 19th century, although its origins are uncertain

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