Algerian Woman
Gustave de Beaucorps
1850–1859
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- 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.)
- Genre
- Photograph
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France, 19th century
About
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.
