A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

  • Walery.
Date:
[late 19th century]
Reference:
531760i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A woman posing naked against a balustrade, in a photographic studio. Photographic postcard by Walery, before 1900.

Description

The woman is wearing a flesh-coloured bodystocking to appear like a marble statue, and holds a posy of flowers aloft

Publication/Creation

Paris : Walery, [late 19th century]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Walery Paris S.I.P. Bears number: 26e serie No 1

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 531760i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.

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