'Somali Girl'. Photographer: Unknown [‎130b] (1/1)

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Genre/Subject Matter:

This oval-shaped head and shoulders portrait of a young girl is intended to demonstrate an ethnic ‘type’, in this case a Somali girl. The Somali population at Aden are extensively described by Frederick Mercer Hunter throughout the Account .

The girl’s hair is braided from the roots in tiny braids, which give way to curls above her shoulders. She wears a close-fitting necklace of pale, evenly-coloured beads. Very little can be seen of her clothing save that her lapel appears to be torn.

Inscriptions:

In pencil, upper left corner adjacent to print: ‘13’

Extent and format

1 albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

92 x 59 mm [portrait]

Format:

1 albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print pasted to backing paper and mounted between pp. 130-31

Materials:

Silver printing-out paper, albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Condition:

The print is unevenly hand-cut, with one black surface adhesion upper left corner along the upper edge. Some light spotting throughout the image originate in the printing process.

Foliation:

‘13’

Process:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

Written in

English in Latin script

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