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Algerian Woman
Gustave de Beaucorpslate 1850s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In some Muslim cultures, portrait photographs were commissioned of women who were completely veiled. However, given that De Beaucorps was a wealthy amateur photographer and art collector, he probably initiated the sitting to document the local costume. After studying photography with Gustave Le Gray in Paris, De Beaucorps photographed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 1857 and 1861.
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- Title: Algerian Woman
- Creator: Gustave de Beaucorps (French, 1825-1906)
- Date Created: late 1850s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 21.3 x 15.4 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.45
- Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Inscriptions: Written in pencil on recto of mount: "L1049"
- Department: Photography
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Photography
- Accession Number: 1997.45
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