Two female figures, one veiled.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
95 x 54 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520691.26
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting two female figures,both seated. The older of the two is wearing a veil, the younger is not veiled. The younger is seated on the floor. They are posed in a studio against a plain background. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. The portrait is one of a number collected into a section of the album devoted to Egypt.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986