A young woman posing semi-naked, back view, with her arms in the air, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.

Date:
[approximately 1903]
Reference:
540506i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Description

The model is wearing a vaguely classical chiton and her headgear could suggest a classical fillet

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1903]
Rhyl (8 High Street) : Portland Studio

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

Lettering

Mr & Mrs Jno Williams Portland Studio 8 High Street Rhyl. The studio details are in a stamp gold-embossed in the lower right-hand corner, the date is taken from the postmark on an accompanying envelope

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 540506i

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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