A young woman, with her hair loose, posing naked in front of a painted backdrop, her hands behind her back.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 531654i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Studio portraits of women.
  - A young woman, with her hair loose, posing naked in front of a painted backdrop, her hands behind her back.531654i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A young woman, with her hair loose, posing naked in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio, frontal view, her hands behind her back. Photograph, ca. 1900.

Description

The woman's pubic hair is air-brushed or retouched out on the negative. She is also seen in 531656i and 531658i

Publication/Creation

[Paris], [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: 5019

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 531654i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.