India & Asia Gallery

Sailing ships in the Spice Islands

Volcano on Tidore in the Moluccas, seen from the neighboring island of Ternate, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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US soldiers in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, 1899

Water-buffalo dragging guns of the US Army's Utah battery into position against Filipino insurgents, 1899.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

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Chinese printers inking blocks to reprint Chinese classics - paper is rubbed on top of the inked block.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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