A young woman, posing naked on a plaster plinth in a classical attitude, in a photographic studio. Photograph by the Dover Street Studios, ca.1900-1906.

Date:: [between 1900 and 1906]

Reference:: 539733i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographic portraits of nude women 1.
  - A young woman, posing naked on a plaster plinth in a classical attitude, in a photographic studio. Photograph by the Dover Street Studios, ca.1900-1906.539733i

About this work

Description

The model's body is entirely powdered white, to appear like a marble statue. She is also seen in 529642i and 528638i. Housed with photograph is an envelope for the London Stereoscopic Company.

Publication/Creation

London (38 Dover Street Mayfair) : The Dover Street Studios, [between 1900 and 1906]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Series

Photographic portraits of nude women.

Contributors

Lettering

The Dover Street Studios, 38 Dover Street Mayfair, London W. Bears number pencilled on verso: 666/4

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 539733i

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.