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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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]

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1 photograph : albumen photoprint

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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.

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