'Half-Caste Arab Woman'. Photographer: Unknown

T.11308/5

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The record is made up of 1 albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print. It was created in Mid 1870s. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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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’

Extent and format

1 albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

It is part of

'An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia', compiled by Captain F.M. Hunter

15 images

Ref: T.11308

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

92 x 95 mm [portrait]

Format:

1 albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print pasted to backing paper and mounted between pp. 34-35

Materials:

Silver printing-out paper, albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Condition:

The print is unevenly hand-cut, with some light ink splatter-marks on the left-hand side in particular.

Foliation:

‘5’

Process:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Photograph

Archive information for this record

Original held at: British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: T.11308/5
Date(s): Mid 1870s (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Ethnographic heritage
Places: Aden
People & organisations: Frederick Mercer Hunter

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'Half-Caste Arab Woman'. Photographer: Unknown, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, T.11308/5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023400730.0x00000b> [accessed 24 March 2025]

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