A woman poses in a photographic studio, with tasseled fabric draped over one shoulder.

  • Lekegian, G., active 1880-approximately 1920.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1920]
Reference:
3307384i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Also known as

Femme de la haute - Egypte

Description

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The woman wears a headcovering and jewellery on her wrists. She has her thumb through the handle of a water vessel.

Publication/Creation

[between 1880 and 1920]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Lettering

Bears Number: 251, Photographie Artistique G. Lekegian & Cie.

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307384i

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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