[Japanese High Priest in Full Canonicals]
1869
![[Japanese High Priest in Full Canonicals] by Felice Beato](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fmet%2Fph%2Fthumb%2Fjapanese-high-priest-in-full-canonicals-764804.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Albumen silver print with applied color
Dimensions
Image: 8.7 x 5.6 cm Mount: 10.5 x 6.2 cm
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2017
Accession Number
2017.69.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Felice Beato · 1832–1909
Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), an Italian-born photographer who became a British subject through his family's residence on the British protectorate island of Corfu, emerged as one of the pioneering figures in war and travel photography. Born in Venice or Corfu to a Venetian noble family with roots in Corfu, Beato's early life remains somewhat obscure, but he acquired his first photographic lens in P...