Photographs 1842-61
Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
WILLIAM MORRIS GRUNDY (1806-59)
Reclining Smoker
c.1857Albumen print | 17.0 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906231
Photograph of a full length portrait of a male figure reclining on an animal pelt with his right hand supporting his head. He wears a head covering and holds a long cane in his left hand. In the foreground lies a reed mat near the man's feet and in the background is an open tent made from rushes or reeds.
Another copy of this photograph is reproduced in G Baldwin, 'Roger Fenton - Pasha and Bayadere' (1996), p.64, where it is dated c1858 and identified as a salt print, in the collection of the International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.
Another copy of this photograph is reproduced in G Baldwin, 'Roger Fenton - Pasha and Bayadere' (1996), p.64, where it is dated c1858 and identified as a salt print, in the collection of the International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.
Creator(s)
William Morris Grundy (1806-59) (photographer)
17.0 x 20.2 cm (image)
Study - Arab [Reclining Smoker]
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Asia
- Costume-Middle East
- Arab costume
- Costume-Middle East
- Costume-Asia
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Reeded
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Grasses
- Reeds
- Grasses
- Systematic botany
- Biological sciences
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Arabs
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Botany
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
