A Jewish woman wearing a head covering, in a photographic studio.

  • Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:
[between 1867 and 1885]
Reference:
3307374i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Also known as

Juste de femme juive syrienne
Previous title, replaced October 2022: A North African woman, posing against a plain background in a photographic studio. Photograph by Bonfils, ca.1900.

Description

The woman wears a dangly earring, and on the edge of her head covering/scarf are visible metal stars.

Publication/Creation

[between 1867 and 1885]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Bears number: 607

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307374i

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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