A naked woman wearing a necklace and head covering, poses naked next to a table on which is a vase of flowers.

Date:: [approximately 1900?]

Reference:: 534808i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographic portraits.
  - A naked woman wearing a necklace and head covering, poses naked next to a table on which is a vase of flowers.534808i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A north African woman posing naked, leaning over a small table on which is a vase of flowers. Photograph, c.1900.

Description

The woman is possibly from North Africa? and the setting is Moorish?

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900?]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: 998

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 534808i

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.