Two young North African women, posing naked leaning on a pedestal draped with a sheepskin (?), against a plain background in a photographic studio.

Date:: [1900]

Reference:: 548605i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Portraits of women: North Africa.
  - Two young North African women, posing naked leaning on a pedestal draped with a sheepskin (?), against a plain background in a photographic studio.548605i

About this work

Description

The same studio as 548604i

Publication/Creation

Cairo : G. Lekegian & Co, [1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: 90 Rubber stamp on verso: G. Lekegian & Co. Caire (Egypt)

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 548605i

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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