'Pilger aus Baẖrain; in der Mitte ein Schēch aus Kabul'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Pilger aus Baẖrain; in der Mitte ein Schēch aus Kabul'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Date:
- 1888/1888
- Description:
- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This full-length seated portrait shows three pilgrims from Bahrain, as well as a sheikh from Kabul in Afghanistan. They sit face forward, looking towards the camera, except for the man on the right, who faces slightly to his left and sits on a folding metal chair.The man on the right is dressed in an outer robe over a pale-coloured thawb, a dark-coloured headdress and leather shoes. The moustached man at centre, identified as the sheikh from Kabul, wears a dark-coloured outer robe over a white shirt held by a sash at the waist, a white turban and sandals. The man on the left wears a mid-coloured outer robe about his shoulders and knees, a pale-coloured thawbor shirt and a patterned headdress/turban. He appears to be blind or partially sighted in his left eye.The three men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage visible in the background.The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places, in particular, the shirt of the man at centre.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XXPrinted beneath image, in ink:‘Pilger aus Baẖrain; in der Mitte ein Schēch aus Kabul.’A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.Physical description: Dimensions:104 x 138 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XX’
- Language:
- German
- Type:
- Photograph
- Type (Narrower):
- Photographs
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- Portrait photography
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023619120.0x000011_ar
81055/vdc_100023619120.0x000011_en
1781.b.6/39
1781.b.6/39