'Mekkanerin'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
1781.b.6/57
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The record is made up of 1 collotype print. It was created in 1888. It was written in German. 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 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:
XXV
Printed beneath image, in ink:
‘Mekkanerin’
A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.
- Extent and format
- 1 collotype print
- It is part of
- 138 imagesRef: 1781.b.6
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
137 x 96 mm
Format:
1 collotype print
Condition:
The print is in good condition.
Foliation:
‘XXV’
- Written in
- German in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- 1781.b.6/57
- Date(s)
- 1888 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Portrait photography
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- 1781.b.6/57
- Title
- 'Mekkanerin'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Pages
- 27r-a
- Author
- Hurgronje, Christiaan, Snouck
- Usage terms
- Public Domain