A young woman posing naked but for a long veil, in a doorway.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 538784i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographs of Tunisian women.
  - A young woman posing naked but for a long veil, in a doorway.538784i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2022: A Tunisian woman posing naked but for a long veil, in a doorway. Halftone, ca. 1900.

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : halftone print ; image 23 x 17 cm

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: 3121

Notes

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

The woman's pubic hair is airbrushed out on the negative

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 538784i

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.