Nationa Costume Collection (#5)

Picture series Japan, Japanese ladies playing a game of Go
7277964 Picture series Japan, Japanese ladies playing a game of Go; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series Japan, Japanese ladies playing a game of Go)

Shah Jahan with Asaf Khan from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c.1640 (opaque w/c)
8835581 Shah Jahan with Asaf Khan from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c.1640 (opaque w/c, ink & gold on paper mounted on paperboard) by Bichitr (fl.c. 1615-40); 36.9x25.3 cm; Arthur M

Kuban Cossack woman, in traditional dress in Tsarist Russia circa 1910
3520942 Kuban Cossack woman, in traditional dress in Tsarist Russia circa 1910 by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Kuban Cossack woman)

Boule playing in France, 19th century (engraving)
UIG5414660 Boule playing in France, 19th century (engraving); UIG

Side profile of a young woman holding a beer stein, Bonn, Germany, 1902 (b/w photo)
UIG5343393 Side profile of a young woman holding a beer stein, Bonn, Germany, 1902 (b/w photo); Superstock/UIG

Tirol, Meran: studio portrait of an Austrian in traditional costume, 1870
LUX4717003 Tirol, Meran: studio portrait of an Austrian in traditional costume, 1870; (add.info.: Tirol, Meran: studio portrait of an Austrian in traditional costume, 1870); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Woman Mondurucu, native of Brazil, 1868 (engraving)
7295217 Woman Mondurucu, native of Brazil, 1868 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Inuit group, 1854 (b/w photo)
7340158 Inuit group, 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Group portrait of Inuit girls and women, 1854 (b/w photo)
7340153 Group portrait of Inuit girls and women, 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); National Maritime Museum, London

Advertisement for Becassine's albums, 1954 (illustration)
7167171 Advertisement for Becassine's albums, 1954 (illustration) by Pinchon, Joseph Porphyre (1871-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for the albums of Becassine)

A young gheisha with a fan, sitting on a bench, drinking her tea, 1870 (photo)
LUX4717823 A young gheisha with a fan, sitting on a bench, drinking her tea, 1870 (photo); (add.info.: japan); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Tyrol, Meran: Two men in traditional costume from the city of Meran (Merano), 1875
LUX4719045 Tyrol, Meran: Two men in traditional costume from the city of Meran (Merano), 1875; (add.info.: Tyrol, Meran: Two men in traditional costume from the city of Meran (Merano)

Tyrol, Brenner: a woman in traditional costume from the city of Brenner (Brennero), 1875
LUX4718954 Tyrol, Brenner: a woman in traditional costume from the city of Brenner (Brennero), 1875; (add.info.: Tyrol, Brenner: a woman in traditional costume from the city of Brenner (Brennero)

Tyrol, Zillerthal: portrait of a man in the traditional habit of Zillerthal, 1875
LUX4718218 Tyrol, Zillerthal: portrait of a man in the traditional habit of Zillerthal, 1875; (add.info.: Tyrol, Zillerthal: portrait of a man in the traditional habit of Zillerthal)

Traditional Bresse baptism with the sound of the old wheel and the accordeon, at the beginning of the 20th century
PCT4270688 Traditional Bresse baptism with the sound of the old wheel and the accordeon, at the beginning of the 20th century

Saffron picking in Asia Minor, early 20th century (chromo)
1790141 Saffron picking in Asia Minor, early 20th century (chromo); (add.info.: the saffron picking in Asia Minor, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Mongol Chieftain and Attendants, folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album), c.1600 (opaque w/c)
8835580 Mongol Chieftain and Attendants, folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album), c.1600 (opaque w/c, ink & gold on paper) by Indian School, (17th century); Freer Gallery of Art

James Red Cloud 1899 (Albumen silver print)
8766648 James Red Cloud 1899 (Albumen silver print) by Rinehart, Frank Albert (1861-1928); 23.5x18.4 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

New London Bridge from Billingsgate (Low Water), 1833 (etching on paper)
7485341 New London Bridge from Billingsgate (Low Water), 1833 (etching on paper) by Cooke, Edward William (1811-80); 28x37 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Children in Brittany. (Illustration, ca. 1910)
5975906 Children in Brittany. (Illustration, ca. 1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: France. Geography. Peasant children in Brittany crying, with headdress and hooves)

Anthropology: "Costume of Alaska". Hunter dressed in fur in front of his tent and his dog
FGL5478513 Anthropology: "Costume of Alaska". Hunter dressed in fur in front of his tent and his dog. Early 19th century (engraving); Fototeca Gilardi

Picture series Japan, ladies on a summer hike
7277962 Picture series Japan, ladies on a summer hike; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series Japan, ladies on a summer hike, looking with telescope to the holy mountain Suji-san)

B, Matsuri
7277928 B, Matsuri; Private Collection; (add.info.: B, Matsuri, festival for the patron saint in Tokyo. The ladies of the tea district take part in the ceremony, Liebig picture)

Picture series Japan, The Doll or Peach Festival on 3 March
7277927 Picture series Japan, The Doll or Peach Festival on 3 March; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series Japan, The Doll or Peach Festival on 3 March, celebrated by children)

B, Reception at the home of Mikado Mutsu Kito and his bride Haruko
7277926 B, Reception at the home of Mikado Mutsu Kito and his bride Haruko; Private Collection; (add.info.: B, Reception at the home of Mikado Mutsu Kito and his bride Haruko)

One of the Greenland Inuit, 1854 (b/w photo)
7340156 One of the Greenland Inuit, 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); National Maritime Museum, London

Young persan holding a mirror, ca 1820 (Engraving)
7422861 Young persan holding a mirror, ca 1820 (Engraving); (add.info.: Geography. Iran. Young persan holding a mirror. Engraving, France, ca 1820.); © Archives Charmet

Bavarian boy on a beer keg (b/w photo)
7377764 Bavarian boy on a beer keg (b/w photo); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Upper Bavaria, man and woman dancing in Bavarian costume (postcard)
7377757 Upper Bavaria, man and woman dancing in Bavarian costume (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Peasant girls from Effeltrich, Goldkroner, Upper Franconia (postcard)
7377754 Peasant girls from Effeltrich, Goldkroner, Upper Franconia (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Relief Wilkau Saxony, woman in costume, poem by Riedel (postcard)
7377811 Relief Wilkau Saxony, woman in costume, poem by Riedel (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Couple in Bavarian national costumes, pants, feathered hats (postcard)
7377796 Couple in Bavarian national costumes, pants, feathered hats (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Rieser folk costume, peasants, old man smoking a pipe (postcard)
7377789 Rieser folk costume, peasants, old man smoking a pipe (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Schongau Oberbayern, costume festival, cigar house (postcard)
7377788 Schongau Oberbayern, costume festival, cigar house (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Dancing in traditional Bavarian national costumes (postcard)
7377782 Dancing in traditional Bavarian national costumes (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Schrogmeier siblings: Upper Bavarian singers and Schuhplattler (postcard)
7377772 Schrogmeier siblings: Upper Bavarian singers and Schuhplattler (postcard); (add.info.: Schuhplattler: traditional style of folk dance popular in the regions of Bavaria and Tyrol)

Two children in Bavarian costumes in the water, boy, girl (postcard)
7377768 Two children in Bavarian costumes in the water, boy, girl (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Werdenfelser Schuplattler, women and men dancing, traditional costumes (postcard)
7377767 Werdenfelser Schuplattler, women and men dancing, traditional costumes (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Two Bavarian children (postcard)
7377752 Two Bavarian children (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

The Buttnerstanz, Bavarian festivities (postcard)
7377745 The Buttnerstanz, Bavarian festivities (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Nordlingen (postcard)
7377733 Nordlingen (postcard); (add.info.: Rieser folk costume, town hall, tannerhauser, Marienhohe, belt house); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Couple in Bavarian folk costumes (postcard)
7377726 Couple in Bavarian folk costumes (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

A young woman of the Sandwich Islands, 18th century (engraving)
7341834 A young woman of the Sandwich Islands, 18th century (engraving) by Webber, John (1750-93); 31.4x25.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A young woman of Otaheite, bringing a present, 18th century (engraving)
7341833 A young woman of Otaheite, bringing a present, 18th century (engraving) by Webber, John (1750-93) (after); 51.5x38.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Japanese moosmes, c.1868 (watercolour)
7341540 Japanese moosmes, c.1868 (watercolour) by Butt, James Henry (fl.1868); 11.9x11.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Lt)

Natives young women of the land of Fire at the Cape Horn, 1885 Publisher: Le Tour du Monde, 1st edition, 1885 (print)
7295195 Natives young women of the land of Fire at the Cape Horn, 1885 Publisher: Le Tour du Monde, 1st edition, 1885 (print); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Malagasy mother with baby, c.1910 (photo)
7292898 Malagasy mother with baby, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Madagascar. Malagasy mother holding her baby. Photo, Madagascar, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Child in Ouargla, c.1910 (photo)
7292896 Child in Ouargla, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Algeria. Evangelized child in Ouargla, in the White Fathers Mission. Photo, Algeria, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of National Costumes: A Glimpse into History and Culture" Step back in time with a captivating collection of images that unveil the beauty and diversity of national costumes from around the world. From portraits capturing renowned figures like Gabriel Hanotaux, to stunning architectural marvels such as Harlaxton Manor, this visual journey is bound to leave you enthralled. Delve into the late 19th century through a mesmerizing portrait of French historian Gabriel Hanotaux. His dignified presence exudes an air of intellectual prowess, reminding us that national costumes are not merely garments but reflections of identity and heritage. As we move forward, our gaze falls upon Harlaxton Manor's front entrance framed by an enchanting forecourt screen. This majestic manor stands as a testament to British history and its grandeur serves as a backdrop for showcasing traditional attire. Edouard Manet's portrait transports us further into the past, offering glimpses into artistic expressions intertwined with fashion. The painter's brush strokes capture not only his subject's likeness but also their essence within their national costume. Venturing beyond Europe, Waldeck's original artwork takes us on an expedition through Mesoamerica. Box 10 out of 22 reveals intricate prints depicting Goddess Teoyaomqui alongside porphyry sacrificial stones—a vivid representation of ancient rituals preserved through artistry. The allure continues with scenes from daily life at Carlisle Indian School in 1911. Witnessing students leaving home clad in chromolitho outfits showcases how national costumes played an integral role in cultural preservation during times of assimilation. Traveling southwards, we encounter Mexican Indians adorned in vibrant holiday dress—an explosion of colors that celebrate tradition and festivity. These watercolor depictions transport us to another era where indigenous communities proudly showcased their rich heritage through clothing. Further explorations take us across South America after its conquest, where indigenous people in Carthagena don their national costumes.