A young woman posing as if diving, wearing a bathing costume and socks, in front of a backdrop painted to represent the seaside in a photographic studio.

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

1 photograph : photoprint

The studio details are in a stamp embossed in the lower right-hand corner

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

Wellcome Collection 539783i

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.