Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length portrait shows two figures, one seated with an infant on his lap and one standing, described as a servant and a eunuch with the child of their master. They all face forward, looking towards the camera.

The standing man wears a white thawb or shirt held at the waist with a patterned sash and a patterned turban on his head. The seated man, or eunuch, wears a dark-coloured outer robe with embroidered lapels over a white thawb and a patterned turban. On the little finger of his right hand he wears a ring. The infant wears white trousers and shirt as well as a white hat or bonnet and white slippers.

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

The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded paint-like quality in places.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXV

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Lohndiener und Eunuch mit dem Kinde seines Herrn.’

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

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

137 x 95 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXV’

Written in
German in Latin script