A woman wearing bodystocking standing in a conch shell as Venus (?).

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A woman posing naked in a classical attitude, standing in a conch shell, as Venus (?), in a photographic studio. Photograph by Walery, before 1900.

Paris : Walery, [late 19th century]

1 photograph : photoprint

Walery 9bis Rue de Londres Paris reproduction interdite Lettering printed on the back of the mount gives a list of prizes awarded at various exhibitions, the most recent is the Exposition Universelle at Paris, 1889

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

Wellcome Collection 529257i

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.