A Sheikh posing in a photographic studio, with his hands resting one atop each other on a stick.

  • Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:
[between 1867 and 1885]
Reference:
3307376i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
  • Pictures

About this work

Also known as

Cheik musulman

Description

The bearded Sheikh appears to be an elderly man, wearing a decorative head covering.

Publication/Creation

[between 1867 and 1885]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Bears number: 710

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307376i

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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