Albumen photograph
18 in x 15 in including frame / 45.7 x 38.1 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA
This albumen photograph by W. Dufty shows a Fijian warrior posed in Suva in 1880. Dufty was active in Fiji during the late nineteenth century, producing studio and documentary images that became part of the early photographic record of the islands. The image reflects the period’s formal portrait conventions while preserving details of dress, weaponry, and presentation.
The sitter is shown holding a club, with patterned textile, body adornment, and studio props arranged to create a controlled portrait setting. The albumen process gives the photograph its warm tonal range and soft surface, characteristic of nineteenth-century photographic printing. As a framed Fijian portrait, the piece fits within Pacific photography, colonial-era visual documentation, and the broader history of Oceanic material culture.
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Albumen photograph
18 in x 15 in including frame / 45.7 x 38.1 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA
This albumen photograph by W. Dufty shows a Fijian warrior posed in Suva in 1880. Dufty was active in Fiji during the late nineteenth century, producing studio and documentary images that became part of the early photographic record of the islands. The image reflects the period’s formal portrait conventions while preserving details of dress, weaponry, and presentation.
The sitter is shown holding a club, with patterned textile, body adornment, and studio props arranged to create a controlled portrait setting. The albumen process gives the photograph its warm tonal range and soft surface, characteristic of nineteenth-century photographic printing. As a framed Fijian portrait, the piece fits within Pacific photography, colonial-era visual documentation, and the broader history of Oceanic material culture.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
