IDNO

P.50959.RDG

Description

Posed studio portrait of a Moorish woman sitting cross legged on cushions and drinking a cup of tea, with a Moorish teapot and heater to the right and a European style tea set to the left. The woman wears a head scarf, over shirt, patterned under shirt with frontal button closure, striped over skirt with white under skirt, and ear and arm ornaments. The woman’s hands and feet have been hennaed, and her slippers are on the floor in front of the woman. The studio has been decorated with a quilted hanging as a backdrop and patterned carpet to represent a Moorish boudoir.

Place

N Africa; Morocco; Tangier

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Cavilla, Antonio

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Horobin (Mrs.)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now marked C239/ which was inside the wooden drawer I.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 2/7/2007]


Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 30/10/2012]