An Algerian woman posing naked with one hand resting on her shoulder, in a photographic studio.

Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
3308217i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Description

The woman is posing against a seascape background, and appears to be standing on a sheet, made to look like she is standing on a beach.

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph

Lettering

Algérienne Lettering on verso

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3308217i

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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