صورة حاجّين من مدينة زنجبار (جزيرة شرق تانزانيا)

Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length seated portrait shows two pilgrims from Zanzibar. They sit face forward: the man on the right looking towards the camera; the man on the left looking downwards.

The man on the right is dressed in a dark outer robe over a pale-coloured shirt and a patterned turban. He holds a long slender stick in his right hand. The man on the left wears a mid-coloured outer robe over a pale-coloured shirt and a printed turban.

The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places, in particular the original background has been substituted completely.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XX

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Pilger aus Zanzibar.’

A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower left corner.

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

97 x 135 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XX’

Written in
German in Latin script