A group of young girls carrying water vessels, posing in front of a structure with visible hieroglyphs.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 3307400i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Portraits: groups and individuals (Egypt).
  - A group of young girls carrying water vessels, posing in front of a structure with visible hieroglyphs.3307400i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2022: Some young Arab women standing in front of a wall with carved hieroglyphs on it, holding water pots. Photograph, ca.1900.

Description

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Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Series

Portraits: Groups and Individuals (Egypt).

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

On verso, bears number: 169, femmes arabe justeurze d'eau

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307400i

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.