A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, sitting on a fur, in front of some patterned fabric.

Date:: Approximately 1900

Reference:: 540603i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Portraits of English women.
  - A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, sitting on a fur, in front of some patterned fabric.540603i

About this work

Description

Unlike other photographs of this type taken at this time, the negative is not airbrushed or retouched, nor does the subject cover herself. The woman wears a necklace and an adornment in her hair.

Publication/Creation

Approximately 1900.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 540603i

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.