A young woman posing naked with one arm raised behind her head, front view, sitting on the arm of an upholstered chair.

Date:
Approximately 1900
Reference:
540699i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Description

Unlike other photographs of this type taken at this time, the negative is not airbrushed or retouched, nor does the subject cover herself

Publication/Creation

Approximately 1900.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 540699i

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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