A group portrait of four Egyptian men, posing in front of some columns wearing loin cloths and head coverings.

  • Beato, Antonio, -1903?
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
3307395i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Description

Three figures pose with their hands down by their sides, a younger man in the centre squats on the ground. Behind them are columns with visble hieroglyphs.

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Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

On verso, bears number: 179. [Fellah?] vu indigene

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Inventory No. INV.2019/3869

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307395i

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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