A group of Bedouin women posing in a photographic studio.

Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon)

Date:: [between 1867 and 1885]

Reference:: 3307372i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Felix Bonfils.
  - A group of Bedouin women posing in a photographic studio.3307372i

About this work

Also known as

Groupe de Bedouines Syriennes

Previous title, replaced October 2022: A group of tribespeople in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900, by Bonfils.

Description

A group of 17 women and children, in various poses.

Publication/Creation

[between 1867 and 1885]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Series

Félix Bonfils.

Contributors

Lettering

Bears number: 603

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307372i

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.