IDNO

P.50979.RDG

Description

Street scene of couple in front of stone buildings. The woman is riding a donkey and is dressed in a dark tunic and wearing a veil over the lower half of her face with a cylindrical nose piece. The man stands behind the donkey with a whip raised. He is dressed in a tunic and wears a white turban. The backdrop buildings are made of stone with elaborate carved details. Also in the picture are stone steps and the street itself is not paved.

Place

N Africa; ?Egypt

Cultural Affliation

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

Related Image: Second image shot in the same location, see NYPL Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail

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]