'Half-Caste Arab Woman'. Photographer: Unknown
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Half-Caste Arab Woman'. Photographer: Unknown
- Creator:
- Author: Frederick Mercer Hunter
- Date:
- 1873/1877
- Description:
- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This three-quarter length seated studio portrait of a young woman is intended to demonstrate an ethnic or class ‘type’, in this case that of a ‘half-caste’ woman. She wears a simple dye-patterned garment and a polka-dot shawl, which covers her head and right shoulder. Beneath her shawl appears to be another, more close-fitting piece of material, which may be a silk kerchief intended to conceal her hair.Inscriptions:In pencil, upper left corner adjacent to print: ‘5’Physical description: Dimensions:92 x 95 mm [portrait]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted between pp. 34-35Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut, with some light ink splatter-marks on the left-hand side in particular.Foliation:‘5’Process:Albumen print
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Photograph
- Type (Narrower):
- Photographs
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- Ethnographic heritage
- Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023400730.0x00000b_ar
81055/vdc_100023400730.0x00000b_en
T.11308/5
T.11308/5