'Schēch für malaiische Pilger'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
1781.b.6/51
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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 three-quarter length seated portrait shows a bearded man, described as the leading sheikh for Malay pilgrims. He faces right and looks up above the camera.
The man wears a dark-coloured outer robe over a shirt or thawb and a white turban on his head. On his left ring finger he wears a ring.
In the lower right corner of the scene an out of focus plant can be seen.
The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded paint-like quality in places. In particular the original background has been substituted completely, except for the carpet on which his chair stands. In addition, the men’s feet have been cut out of the frame.
Inscriptions:
Printed above image, in ink:
XXIII
Printed beneath image, in ink:
'Schēch für malaiische Pilger'
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:
126 x 95 mm
Format:
1 collotype print
Condition:
The print is in good condition.
Foliation:
‘XXIII’
- 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.6/51
- Date(s)
- 1888 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Portrait photography
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- 1781.b.6/51
- Title
- 'Schēch für malaiische Pilger'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Pages
- 25r-b
- Author
- Hurgronje, Christiaan, Snouck
- Usage terms
- Public Domain