'Mu’èddin (Aufrufer zum Gottesdienste)'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
Date:
1888/1888
Description:
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This full-length seated portrait of a bearded man shows a muezzin, a public crier who proclaims the hours of prayer from a minaret or roof of a mosque. The man faces forward and looks towards the camera. In his right hand he holds the handle of a pale-coloured umbrella or parasol.He wears a plain, dark-coloured outer robe over a white buttoned undershirt or jalabiya, with a pale-coloured turban on his head.The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XIIIPrinted beneath image, in ink:‘Mu’èddin (Aufrufer zum Gottesdienste)’A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.Physical description: Dimensions:130 x 96 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XIII’