'Mekkanerin'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Mekkanerin'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Date:
- 1888/1888
- Description:
- Genre/Subject Matter:This full-length seated portrait shows a woman from Mecca. She sits face forward, looking towards the camera.She wears a pale-coloured shirt with decorative details at the cuffs, which is pulled up at the elbows. Around her shoulders and across her lap a translucent black gauze shawl is slung. Underneath this she wears vertically striped trousers. Her headdress is of printed or embroidered material. She wears rings on the little finger of her left hand and on the ring finger of her right hand .The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded paint-like quality. In particular the original background has been substituted completely, except for the carpet on which her chair stands.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XXVPrinted beneath image, in ink:‘Mekkanerin’A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:137 x 96 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XXV’
- Language:
- German
- Type:
- Photograph
- Type (Narrower):
- Photographs
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- Portrait photography
- Extent:
- 1 collotype print
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023619120.0x00000c_ar
81055/vdc_100023619120.0x00000c_en
1781.b.6/57 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers