A woman wearing bodystocking holding aloft a looking-glass.

Ogerau.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 529319i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographic portraits of women: France.
  - A woman wearing bodystocking holding aloft a looking-glass.529319i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A woman posing in a classical attitude, holding aloft a looking-glass, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Ogerau, c.1900.

Publication/Creation

Paris : Ogerau, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Series

Studio portraits of women: France.

Contributors

Lettering

Ogerau 18, Bould. Montmartre, Paris

Notes

Lettering printed on the back of the mount: Photographie de la presidence Ogerau 18, Bould. Montmartre, Paris Telephone Ascenseur B-P Grimaud-Nacivet, Paris

The woman is wearing a flesh-coloured bodystocking to appear like a marble statue

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 529319i

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.