Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

A$1,400 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Group of 5 (five) albumen print photographs removed from the same late nineteenth-century album, all attributed to the Darjeeling photographer Theodor Paar. I. The Witch at Ghoom . [Caption on mount]. 200 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. The subject is believed to have been a Bhutia woman from Tibet, living in Darjeeling. She was photographed a number of times by Paar. II. A Porter. [Caption on mount]. 205 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. III. Family group of Nepaulese . [Caption on mount]. 205 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. IV. Praying Wheel . [Caption on mount]. 202 x 148 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. V. Nepaulese . [Caption from mount affixed]. 205 x 150 mm, skimmed from card mount; very good condition.

• Binding: Hardcover

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.