صورة بائع حلويات في جدة

Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length portrait shows a bearded, described as a ‘sweet seller (Djiddah [Jeddah])’. The man stands face forward, looking towards the camera. He holds two corners of a rectangular tray which rests on a three-legged wooden table, made of bound branches.

Many sticks topped with bird-like and other shapes stand perpendicular from the tray. A pile of wider stalks can be seen on the left of the tray. One or both of these may be miswak stalks (Plural: masawik ), which are traditionally chewed to sweeten the breath prior to praying.

The man wears a white, button-up thawb rolled up at the elbows over white trousers and a white headdress. He has one prominent bandage on his left foot.

The man is photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXIV

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Süssigkeitskrنmer (Djiddah).’

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

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

144 x 98 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXIV’

Written in
German in Latin script