Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Images(2)

Photograph

Date1892

MediumPhotograph on paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.9 x 20 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)

InscribedLower edge, on paper below image: "Street dress of a Turkish lady / The ladies [?] the aperture in their veils from time to time, so as to show / more & more of their features : then comes a [?]-mandate from the Sultan: They are / obliged to [?] their beauties under more closely drawn muslin: [?] they / make their veils of [? ?]"

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number0.2835

Not on view