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[Woman in a room with hanging heads] from an untitled album (Front)

Unknown maker

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman is entering a room through a door on the right. Seven heads of women, shackles, a saber and a cleaver are hanging from hooks nailed on the walls. There is a big trunk in the corner. The scene painted on it shows two women in the left kneeling and imploring, while a man holds a third woman by the hair and is about to behead her with a cleaver. The seven heads and the woman on the right are made out of cut-out photographs.

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  • Title: [Woman in a room with hanging heads] from an untitled album (Front)
  • Creator: Unknown maker
  • Date Created: 1880sā€“1890s
  • Location Created: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Page: 30.6 Ɨ 37.6 cm (12 1/16 Ɨ 14 13/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print and collodion print with brown ink and wash.
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XA.1252.18
  • Culture: British
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, British
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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