Sujet

The Desert Route - Girl of Beyrout, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Desert Route - Girl of Beyrout, 1857. 'The young lady who is reclining against the wall of the fountain, her water-pot resting on a stone against which she herself leans, is the daughter of a shopkeeper at Beyrout...[She] is a fair specimen of the general run of Beyrout beauty; her features and hands are good, and so are her feet, though ensconced in those unseemly yellow shoes trimmed with red bows; she wears stockings, which is a certain indication at Beyrout of being well to do in the world; her dress is a chequered-pattern Damascus silk, and. the shawl round her waist is of Tripoli manufacture. A thin white muslin cloth is thrown over her cap and handkerchief, in the arrangement of which Beyrout belles expend no little time; this muslin serves to envelop her face on the approach of any native gentleman, according to long-established usage'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_277

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

5,8Mo (389,5Ko) / 10,8cm x 13,6cm / 1272 x 1607 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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