# 46461

[PAAR, Theodor, attributed]

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

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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.