A young Norwegian woman, posing in a photographic studio wearing peasant dress. Coloured photograph by Søstrene Persen, 1901.

Date:: 1901

Reference:: 534481i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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A young Norwegian woman, posing in a photographic studio wearing peasant dress. Coloured photograph by Søstrene Persen, 1901. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

Bergen : Søstrene Persen, 1901.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, with watercolour

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Lettering

Bears number in ink on the verso: 168 Lettering printed on the verso: Söstrene Persen Bergen 1901 eneberettiget J.L.N.

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 534481i

Creator/production credits

Søstrene Persen: the sisters Johanne Henrikke Jenny Persen (born 1864) and Thoma Natvig Persen (born 1867). They started their company Søstrene Persen in Bergen in 1888

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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