An elderly Algerian man posing against a plain studio backdrop.

  • Michel, Eugène
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
538842i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2022: An old Arab man posing against a plain studio backdrop. Photograph by E. Michel, ca.1900.

Publication/Creation

Algiers (37 Rue d'Isly) : Eugène Michel, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : salted paper photoprint

Lettering

Handwritten text on verson reads "Berbere de l'Aurès [chasm?]" Publication details are rubber-stamped on the verso Bears number [in reverse]: 39

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 538842i

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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