Tanaka Rentarō Portraits of notable peoplePortrait of a thirty seven year old Japanese man named Tanaka Rentar, a samurai and officer (performing the function of deputy secretary) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France. He is pictured seated, wearing traditional dress of kimono with mon (family emblem), and is carrying long and short swords (katana and wakizashi). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by
a tribesman of the Awamir Bedouin
He is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and holds a rifle against his shoulder
Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain
sits cross-legged in the sand
In the distance beyond one and two storey buildings in the city of Abha sit close together
a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin
Full length portrait of three Awamir Bedouin women at a well near Al Ain
View of a large dune in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
In the far background the square Shindagha watchtower rises high above the creek alongside the one and two storey houses of the Shindagha district
Wilfred Thesiger's camel sits couched in the sand facing towards the left
A large white minaret stands at the edge of the buildings in the central distance
Spain (1837)
