Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, Egypt.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2045973i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, Egypt. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2023: A "native" boy wearing patterned garments. Photograph, 192-..

Description

Photograph of a boy wearing a turban and loose robes, exposing left side of neck and shoulder, with flowers in his hair. Lettering on a work depicting the same person suggests that his name is Mohamed.

Publication/Creation

[Cairo?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 9.1 x 6.1 cm

Contributors

Related material

Image of the same person: Wellcome Collection 2045959i (b20459592)
Image of the same person: Wellcome Collection 2045919i (b20459919)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "One of a large series of photographs published in several different formats, both printed and photographic, over a long period of time by the company of Landrock and Lehnert, Tunisia, founded by German/Swiss nationals Rudolf Lehnert (1878-1948) and Ernst Landrock (1878-1974). Many of the photographs portray young subjects, both male and female in a variety of suggestive, though never revealing poses."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045973i

Type/Technique

Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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