Picture No 10578497 Date circa 1877 Description Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan Details Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement. He was a major contributor to the allied Anglo-Japanese branch of the Movement, which makes this photograph all the more fascinating. In four months during 1876 and1877, Dresser travelled about extensively in Japan, recording his impressions in his work 'Japan, its Architecture, Art and Art-Manufactures'. Source Unattributed photograph Credit Line Mary Evans Picture Library/The Annabel Watts Collection