A young woman posing naked leaning on a tall podium, with a cloth draped around her waist, in front of a plain backdrop in a photographic studio.

  • Hana Studios Ltd
Date:
[between 1899 and 1908]
Reference:
540053i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Description

The model is also seen in 540054i. Unlike most other photographs of this genre at this time, the model does not wear a flesh-coloured bodystocking, nor is her body powdered white

Publication/Creation

London (22 Bedford Street, Strand) : Hana Studios Ltd, [between 1899 and 1908]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

The studio details are printed on the mount, lower right-hand corner

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 540053i

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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