IDNO

P.50991.RDG

Description

Street scene of a group of men and women and a camel and a donkey in front of stone building. Two women wearing dark head scarves, one of whom shields her face with her hand, sit on a striped cloth on the camel, which is laden with vegetation of some kind. Leading the camel is an elderly man in tunics and a turban on a small donkey. Standing by are two men in white tunics and turbans and behind them stand two women in head scarves. In the background is a large stone building, probably a mosque, and also visible is a wooden cart.

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

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. [JD 2/7/2007]