A young Afghan woman, posing semi-naked against a plain background.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 536209i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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The Fallaize Collection.
- Portraits of women from Kashmir.
  - A young Afghan woman, posing semi-naked against a plain background.536209i

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A young Afghan woman, posing semi-naked against a plain background. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This photograph was found in a group of portraits of women from Kashmir.

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : albumen photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Afghan The lettering is written in pencil on the verso

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 536209i

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.