Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2045970i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2023: An Egyptian Bedouin man. Process print, 192-.

Description

Photograph of a man with a large moustache, printed in black and white, wearing a white turban.

Publication/Creation

Cairo : Editors: Lehnert & Landrock, [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 14 x 9 cm

Contributors

Lettering

1083 Egypt - Bedouin I think you will like the look in this man's eye? (typed in purple, verso)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "One of a large series of photographs published in several different formats, both printed and photographic, over a long period of time by the company of Landrock and Lehnert, Tunisia, founded by German/Swiss nationals Rudolf Lehnert (1878-1948) and Ernst Landrock (1878-1974). Many of the photographs portray young subjects, both male and female in a variety of suggestive, though never revealing poses."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045970i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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