IDNO

P.50972.RDG

Description

Bedouin encampment scene with large group, approximately thirty people, posing in front of four large tents. The majority of the men wear white clothes in a toga style, the majority of the women wear dark clothing and headscarves. In the background there appears to be a township and just visible in the distance are two pyramids.

Physical Condition: Folds in the bottom and top left corners, and the top right. Brown spots across the picture.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; ?Cairo [High Egypt]

Cultural Affliation

Bedouin

Named Person

Photographer

Art. A. Lekegian & Co. [Studio]

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1887 - 1908

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

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]