Tahitian Children, circa 1882

carte de visite

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hoare, S. (Mrs.)
Société, Îles de la, Tahiti, Papeete
circa 1882
paper; photograph
overall: 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.

Carte de visite, albumen print on white card; Tahitian Children, circa 1882 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the South Pacific; four Tahitian children, two seated in straight backed chairs, two standing, three visibly wearing pareus (wrap skirts, also known as pareos), all barefoot; handwritten on back "Tahitian/ Children"; printed on back "MRS. S. HOARE,/ Photographer,/ PAPEETE,/ TAHITI."

2005.34.35