A group portrait of four Egyptian men, posing in front of some columns wearing loin cloths and head coverings.

Beato, Antonio, -1903?

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 3307395i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Portraits: groups and individuals (Egypt).
  - A group portrait of four Egyptian men, posing in front of some columns wearing loin cloths and head coverings.3307395i

About this work

Description

Three figures pose with their hands down by their sides, a younger man in the centre squats on the ground. Behind them are columns with visble hieroglyphs.

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Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Series

Portraits: Groups and Individuals (Egypt).

Contributors

Lettering

On verso, bears number: 179. [Fellah?] vu indigene

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3307395i

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.