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Writing a Letter
Creator
Herbert G. PontingBritish Photographer · 1870–1935
All works by this person →Self-taught as a photographer, British-born Herbert Ponting wore many hats in his long and illustrious career. After a stint as a rancher in California, he got swept up in a late gold rush, becoming manager of a mine in 1898. Three years later, *Leslie's Weekly* newspaper commissioned Ponting to tour the Far East and record his impressions in photographs and words. An earlier job working for stere
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1904–1910
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 3c2552fd-c1bb-41b4-b5df-a55874bc1357
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Portrait of a Japanese woman, writing a letter on a scroll. She is seated on the ground behind a tea kettle and beside a tray with teacups.
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