A woman posing wrapped in a sheet, in a photographic studio.
- Bieliavskago, M
- Date:
- [20th century]
- Reference:
- 528766i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The woman is seated on top of a plinth and wears what apears to be a pearl necklace.
Publication/Creation
[20th century]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
Lettering
<Cyrillic> M. Bieliavskago St Peterburg, Nevsky Pr 34
Lettering printed on the back of the mount gives a list of prizes awarded at various exhibitions, the most recent is the Exposition Universelle at Paris, 1900
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 528766i
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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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores