Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less
