A young Algerian woman posing naked, front view, in front of a studio backdrop of a bay with sand and rocks.

She is perhaps an artist's model, as she is standing in a classical contraposto pose

The same model as in 538819i-538824i

[approximately 1900]

1 photograph : photoprint

Algerienne Bears number: 2 The lettering is handwritten on the verso

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

Wellcome Collection 538820i

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.