A set of nine pictures of Egyptian women posing naked in a photographic studio.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 535514i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Egyptian portraits.
  - A set of nine pictures of Egyptian women posing naked in a photographic studio.535514i

About this work

Description

The women are different, and pose singly or in pairs, with various props

Publication/Creation

Cairo (oppsit Shepheard's Hotel) : G. Lekegian & Co, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; each image 5 x 3.5 cm

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears numbers: 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 535514i

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.