A young woman posing naked with her hand to her forehead.

Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
531656i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A young woman, with her hair loose, posing naked in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio, frontal view, her hand to her forehead. Photograph, ca. 1900.

Description

The woman's pubic hair is air-brushed or retouched out on the negative. She is also seen in 531654i and 531658i

Publication/Creation

Paris, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Bears number: 5019

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 531656i

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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