A young Spanish woman, wearing a particularly ornate peasant dress, with her arms above her head. Photograph by Castillo, ca. 1900.

Castillo

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 530605i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Traditional Spanish dress 1.
  - A young Spanish woman, wearing a particularly ornate peasant dress, with her arms above her head. Photograph by Castillo, ca. 1900.530605i

About this work

Description

The woman is seen to be wearing bracelets or bangles on her wrist and has her head covered in lace.

Publication/Creation

[Madrid?]: bCastillo, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Lettering

Bears number: 76

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 530605i

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.