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Félix Bonfils — Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville

Félix Bonfils

Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville

1867

Cultural documentation through portrait photography captures traditional Syrian women's urban dress, part of the systematic ethnographic work of Middle Eastern peoples.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative

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Félix Bonfils, Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville, 1867

Cultural documentation through portrait photography captures traditional Syrian women's urban dress, part of the systematic ethnographic work of Middle Eastern peoples.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Year
1867
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Albumen Print, Cultural Documentation, Women, Sepia Tone, Photograph, 1860s, Historical, Portrait, Middle Eastern

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago