Sujet

The First-Born, by F. Goodall, A.R.A., in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: E. Skill.

Légende

The First-Born, by F. Goodall, A.R.A., in the International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting. '"The First-born" is distinguished for its splendour and intensity of colour and tone and its breadth and completeness of effect...A gentleman who was with the artist at the time tells us that the swarthy model was a Copt woman from the "Christian" or "Copt quarter" of Cairo, and that the fine type and form of these women are not exaggerated. She wears the usual long veil and black hábbarah of the Cairene women. The taste for hanging the earrings and dress with Venetian sequins and other gold coins is shown here, even the cap of the infant being thus decorated...our lady-readers know the fashion has lately been adopted by European ladies. The coffee-table, curiously inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, is short, to suit the low divans and the recumbent position assumed when taking refreshments. Through the perforations of the metal vessel on the table the smoke of burning perfume is escaping, exemplifying the common local custom of scenting apartments'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_218

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

16,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 18,1cm x 23,2cm / 2138 x 2745 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa drink female women woman people child children event family home religious arts painting infant baby babies country Egypt religion body bodies parent art coffee tables continent British feet foot color Egyptian mother Christian Christianity infancy table jewellery jewelry motherhood location century Britain earrings earring veiled veil parenting newspapers press picture barefoot print suckling furniture ivory concept breastfeeding pictures exhibition incense incense burner controversy North African B&W North Africa breast feeding bare feet coffee table controversial engraved engraving mum family life exposition Colour inlaid 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century World Fair The Print Collector Coptic cultural event Illustrated London News Orientalism orientalist the body World's Fair ILN Frederick Goodall newspaper trade fair young women young woman Mizraim Goodall Frederick Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 19th-century 1862 International Exhibition E. Skill Skill E.