C W Allers Collection

Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of an elderly man with hair ornament. Singhelese in Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers

Woman chewing tobacco, Magelang, Java, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman chewing tobacco, Magelang, Java, 1898. Portrait of a woman carrying a parasol and a chicken. Taback kauende Javanin in Kario Smito - Campong Samban bei Magelang

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, South China Sea, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member on board the SS Knivsberg

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

Mae Pon - Chinese girl, Bangkok, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Mae Pon - Chinese girl, Bangkok, 1898. Portrait of a young girl holding a fan, and wearing a topknot. Mae Pon. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W

Rosama and Sandenam, Tamil girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Rosama and Sandenam, Tamil girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of two young women in what is now Sri Lanka. Rosama und Sandenam - Tamilmadchen, Kandy

Sinhalese girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Sinhalese girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of children in what is now Sri Lanka. Singhalesische madchen, Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C

Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, near Cairo, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, near Cairo, Egypt, 1898. The pyramid was built in the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser

Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator
Raising water from the Nile, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Fellaheen lifting water from the River Nile for irrigation using a shadouf. Wasser [?] Fellaheen bei Nagh-Aamadi

Bishari girl, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bishari girl, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Portrait of a child from the Bishari tribe who live in the eastern Nubian Desert in Sudan and in southern Egypt. Amna, Bischarin Madchen, Assuan

On the banks of the Nile at Cairo, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
On the banks of the Nile at Cairo, 1898. Am Nilufer bei Cairo. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

The roads at Chefoo seen from the hills, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The roads at Chefoo seen from the hills, China, 1898. Steamships and junks on the Yellow Sea off the coast of what is now Yantai. Die Rhede von Chi-Fu vom Hugel gesehen, 1898

Street scene in a fishing village, Mutwal, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street scene in a fishing village, Mutwal, Ceylon, 1898. Boy with his catch in what is now Sri Lanka. Strasse in Fischerdorf Mut-Wal

Pina - drummer boy in a Buddhist temple, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Pina - drummer boy in a Buddhist temple, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a child with a set of double drums secured round his waist. Pina, Trommeljunge in Buddha-Tempel

Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. In der Theefelden bei Paradenia. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

In the Bay of Naples, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
In the Bay of Naples, 1898. In der Bay von Neapel - sailing boats off the coast of southern Italy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Watta Raka Anunayaka Farunansa, Buddhist head priest, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a shaven-headed priest of the Buddha temple at the Malwathu Maha Viharaya, a monastery in Kandy

Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner

Hatamen Gate, Peking, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Hatamen Gate, Peking, China, 1898. View of camels in front of the gate and tower at the entrance to the walled city of Peking (now Beijing). Ha-Ta-Men in Peking

Javanese nanny with European baby, Magalang, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Javanese nanny with European baby, Magalang, 1898. Woman carrying her employers child in a sling. Javanische Baboe - Toegi und Reins von der Ploeg

Cabin boy Ah-Fook on board the SS Knivsberg 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Cabin boy Ah-Fook on board the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese crew member from Canton on the German ship SS Knivsberg, travelling through the Gulf of Siam. Ah-Fook aus Canton, Cabin boy

Tamil boy, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Tamil boy, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a boy with a large leaf. Jupen [?], Tamilen Junge in Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. View of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, a Buddhist temple in the royal palace complex

Money[lender?], Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Money[lender?], Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Geld[verleiher?], Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Niagara Falls from Falls View, Canada, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Niagara Falls from Falls View, Canada, 1898. View of the American Falls, Goat Island, Horseshoe Falls and the Three Sisters Islands

The captain of the Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The captain of the Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1898. Portrait of German officer on board the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W

Elderly Native American woman, Wadsworth, Nevada, USA, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Elderly Native American woman, Wadsworth, Nevada, USA, 1898. Portrait of an Indian woman with a headscarf, on the Central Pacific Railroad. Alte Indianische [?] an der Pacific Bahn, Wadsworth

Am Cliff House, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, USA, 1898. The Cliff House was a Victorian chateau built by Adolph Sutro on the headland of Ocean Beach

Wing Yang, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Wing Yang, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese woman, wife of Hip-Ling in Chicago. The earliest Chinese immigrants arrived in Chicago, USA

Abdul Halim, waiter on the Hatasoo steamboat, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Abdul Halim, waiter on the Hatasoo steamboat, Egypt, 1898. The Hatasoo was a passenger paddle steamer on the River Nile, built in 1890. Abdul Halim, Kellner auf um Nildampfer Hatasoo

The beach at Waikiki, Hawaii, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The beach at Waikiki, Hawaii, 1898. Coconut palms and papaya trees near Diamond Head, a volcanic tuff cone on the island of O ahu. Am Strand bei Waikiki auf Oahu - Diamond Head, Honolulu

The Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx, 1898. Die Cheops Pyramide und die Sphynx - view of ancient Egyptian ruins at Gizeh. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth]

Japanese boy, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Japanese boy, 1898. Portrait of a boy with his kimono tucked up round his waist, and wearing sandals. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. A Japanese waitress in a kimono playing the traditional stringed instrument at the Nunobiki Falls

International maritime signal flags, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
International maritime signal flags, 1898. Title page from " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Chang - Chinese boy, Wudong, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Chang - Chinese boy, Wudong, 1898. Portrait of a child in an elaborate headdress. Chang, Sohn des Li-J-Chang in Wudong. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth]

Waterfalls at Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Waterfalls at Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Footbridge over the Hayakawa River at Miyanoshita, famous for its hot springs. Bei Miyanoshita

Man smoking a pipe, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Man smoking a pipe, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese man wearing a padded jacket and a skullcap. Ein neuer Landsmann in Tsingtao

Konishiki Yasokichi, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Konishiki Yasokichi, 1898. Portrait of Japanese sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi I (1866-1914). The Hawaiian-Japanese-Samoan sumo wrestler, (born Saleva a Fuauli Atisano e in 1963)

Woman with parasol, Nagasaki, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman with parasol and camphor tree at the Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan, 1898. Kampfer Baum beim O Suwa Tempel. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W

Wu-Ting-Chau, Mandarin in Hankow, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Wu-Ting-Chau, Mandarin in Hankow, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese man in silk robes. Der Mandarin Wu-Ting-Chau in Hankow. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth]

Village near Mount Fuji, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Village near Mount Fuji, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Women gather round an itinerant merchant. Dorf in den Bergen bei Miyanoshita, Fujiyama

Signalling station, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Signalling station, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Signalstation auf dem Truppel[?]. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Bangkok, Siam, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bangkok, Siam, 1898. Giant guardian sculptures outside a Buddhist temple. Bangkok. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Chinese crew members eating on board the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Chinese crew members eating on board the Knivsberg, 1898. Scene on the deck of the SS Knivsberg travelling through the Gulf of Siam. Chinesische Matiosen beim Tschan-Tschan [?]

Semarang, Java, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Semarang, Java, 1898. The port city of Semarang is the capital of Central Java province in what is now Indonesia. Samarang

Street scene, Yokohama, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street scene, Yokohama, Japan, 1898. Europeans watch Japanese boys wrestling, under fish-shaped paper kites. Strasse in Jokohama

Market place, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Market place, Tsingtao, China, 1898. Europeans and Chinese children in the town of Tsingtao (Qingdao) in north-east China. The two girls in the centre are labelled Irma and Lizzie

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"C W Allers: Capturing the Diversity of 1898" Step back in time to 1898, as we delve into the captivating world captured by Christian Wilhelm Allers. From the bustling streets of Kandy, Ceylon to the serene banks of the Nile in Egypt, Allers' lens transports us across continents and cultures. In Sinhalese washerman, we witness a slice of everyday life in Kandy. The vibrant colors and intricate details bring this scene to life, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka's Sinhalese community. Moving on to Magelang, Java, we encounter a woman chewing tobacco. This candid portrait reveals her strength and resilience amidst societal norms that may have dictated otherwise. Allers skillfully captures her defiance with every stroke. Aboard the Knivsberg sailing through South China Sea stands A Hansen - first officer. His steely gaze hints at his unwavering determination while navigating treacherous waters, and is an ode to those who fearlessly explore uncharted territories. Rosama and Sandenam grace us with their presence next; Tamil girls from Kandy exuding grace and innocence against a backdrop steeped in history. Their eyes tell stories untold as they carry forward their ancestral traditions. The Sinhalese girls from Kandy dance before our eyes - their colorful attire swirling around them like a kaleidoscope of joyous celebration. Through Allers' lens, we are transported into this mesmerizing moment frozen in time. Traveling further east along the Nile River brings us to Nag Hammadi where water is lifted using shadoufs – an ancient Egyptian irrigation tool still used today. This glimpse into daily life showcases both ingenuity and perseverance that has shaped civilizations for centuries. Venturing southward towards Aswan introduces us to a Bishari girl whose striking beauty captivates all who lay eyes upon her portrait. Her traditional attire and enigmatic smile invite us to explore the depths of her story.