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    Portrait of a man with a pipe, 1860 - 1870, by Daintree, Richard, 1832-1878, photographer, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.

Title
Unidentified Chinese man seated smoking a pipe
Description

Holds pipe in his mouth: long pipe, very small bowl. Is posed outside and infront of a brick wall. One leg is crossed over the other with his ankle resting on his thigh. He wears white socks with Chinese style shoes, though not the mandarin style shoes with white soles. He also wears a pair of wide pants and padded Chinese jacket with at least six Chinese cloth button and loop fastenings across the front. He wears a Chinese style cap with what looks like metalic braiding around the rim. His hair is cut short but doesn't appear to have been freshly shaved. He has some beard growth.

Date
c. 1864 - c. 1871
Place
Australia - Queensland?
Interpretive description

Dates of photograph based on Daintree's residence in Queensland.

External Url
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Versions

  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    Portrait of a man with a pipe
    Description

    Portrait of a Chinese man in traditional dress smoking a long pipe.

    Date
    1860 - 1870
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w
    Creator
    Daintree, Richard, 1832-1878, photographer
    Control
    63652; picqld-2003-07-22-14-43
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  2. Print
    Type
    Print
    Form
    black and white photoprint
    Creator
    Daintree, Richard, 1832-1878, photographer
    Control
    f.23
    Source

    Daintree, Richard [Collection of scenes in Victoria, streetscapes and portraits], LTA 669; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

    Original source of print is Oxley Library, OML-API-21, f.34

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    [uncaptioned]
    Description

    According to descriptive text that accompanies this image it is titled 'Taking it easy'.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    pp.32-33
    Source

    Sanker, Ian G., Queensland in the 1860s: The Photography of Richard Daintree, Queensland Museum, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 1977. Details

    Original image is held by the Queensland Museum

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    Portrait of an unidentified man smoking a pipe (c.1858)
    Date
    c. 1858
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.12
    Source

    Nicholas, Diane & Sheehan, Mary, Faint Traces: Chinese in Hawthorn before the Second World War, Hawthorn historical Society & City of Boroondara Library Service, Hawthorn, 2002. Details

    Reproduced from Oxley Album, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria

  5. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese with opium pipe, Paler goldfields, about 1877
    Date
    c. 1877
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    inside cover
    Source

    Bolton, G. C., A Thousand Miles Away: A History of North Queensland to 1920, ANU Press, Australian Capital Territory, 1970. Details

    Source: Daintree collection

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Created: 17 May 2004, Last modified: 18 September 2007