Portrait of an unknown Turkish woman, Dame Turque, photograph, number: '400', photographer: Jean Pascal Sébah, Middle East, 1888 - 1900, paper, albumen print, height 270 mm x width 210 mm, adult woman, anonymous historical person portrayed, A sepia-toned portrait of a person standing between an ornate wooden chair and a small decorative table, wearing a long dark dress with patterned trim and a light-colored head covering that also veils the lower face, with visible eyes looking toward the camera; the person’s hands are clasped at waist level over the dress, and the outfit includes long light-colored sleeves beneath the dark outer garment; the chair has carved latticework and an upholstered cushion with a decorative pattern, while the small table has a geometric inlaid design and holds three cylindrical containers; the backdrop shows a painted scene with architectural and foliage motifs and a large palm frond visible at the left edge of the image.
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Portrait of an unknown Turkish woman, Dame Turque, photograph, number: '400', photographer: Jean Pascal Sébah, Middle East, 1888 - 1900, paper, albumen print, height 270 mm x width 210 mm, adult woman, anonymous historical person portrayed, A sepia-toned portrait of a person standing between an ornate wooden chair and a small decorative table, wearing a long dark dress with patterned trim and a light-colored head covering that also veils the lower face, with visible eyes looking toward the camera; the person’s hands are clasped at waist level over the dress, and the outfit includes long light-colored sleeves beneath the dark outer garment; the chair has carved latticework and an upholstered cushion with a decorative pattern, while the small table has a geometric inlaid design and holds three cylindrical containers; the backdrop shows a painted scene with architectural and foliage motifs and a large palm frond visible at the left edge of the image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Portrait unknown Turkish woman Dame Turque photograph number 400 photographer Jean Pascal Sébah Middle East 1888 - 1900 paper albumen print height 270 mm x width 210 mm adult woman anonymous historical person portrayed sepia-toned portrait person standing ornate wooden chair small decorative table wearing long dark dress patterned trim light-colored head covering also veils lower face visible eyes looking camera person’s hands clasped waist level dress outfit includes long light-colored sleeves beneath dark outer garment chair carved latticework upholstered cushion decorative pattern small table geometric inlaid design holds three cylindrical containers backdrop painted scene architectural foliage motifs large palm frond visible left edge image

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