A young woman posing naked but for a sash of transparent material, leaning on a piece of furniture, in a domestic setting.

Date:
Approximately 1900
Reference:
540601i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Description

Unlike other photographs of this type taken at this time, the negative is not airbrushed or retouched

The transparent material is tied around the woman's waist.

Publication/Creation

Approximately 1900.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 540601i

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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