الصورة ملتقطة في جدة

Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length seated portrait shows four men, described as the sheikh of the ‘boat people’ in Jeddah with three fellow guild members.

The man on the far right wears a white thawb under an embroidered or printed waistcoat, a striped turban and sandals. He wears a ring on the little finger of his right hand. The man at right of centre wears almost identical clothes, aside from a pale-coloured and printed turban. The older man, left of centre wears white trousers and a white jacket over an embroidered or printed waistcoat and white shirt, sandals, a white turban and what may be a bracelet on his right wrist. The man at far left wears almost identical clothes as the two men on the left, aside from his dark-coloured sasha t the waist, white turban and bare feet.

The four men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage and a wooden window or set of doors visible in the background.

The negative has had hand-work applied.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXIV

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Schēch der Bootsleute in Djiddah mit drei Zunftgenossen.’

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

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

102 x 151 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXIV’

Written in
German in Latin script