[YOKOHAMA PRINT] . [Coloured Oban ‘Ukiyo-e’ Woodblock Print Most Likely Depicting Felice Beato Taking a Photo of a European Lady, Titled:] Furansu [i.e. French Photographer]
Yokohama: Izumiya Ichibei, 1861. Coloured woodblock print. 37x24,5 cm. Printed artist’s name stamp ‘Issen Yoshikazu ga’, title and date on the right margin. Paper slightly age toned and soiled on extremities, otherwise a very good print. The print depicts ‘‘a photographer wearing western clothing adjusting a camera beneath a...... More