id:			449529
accession number:	2021.207
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.207
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:35.634000

Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville, c. 1867–78. Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885). Albumen print from glass plate negative; image: 38.1 x 48.3 cm (15 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2021.207

title:				Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville
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creation date:			c. 1867–78
creation date earliest:		1867
creation date latest:		1878
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creditline:			Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
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culture:	France
technique:	Albumen print from glass plate negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885)  - artist
French photographer, 1831-1885, active in the Middle East
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measurements: Image: 38.1 x 48.3 cm (15 x 19 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white on recto of image: "672-Femmes musulmanes syriennes costume de ville"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white on recto of image, lower right: "Bonfils"
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	inscription:	Written in blue pencil on verso: "24"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "672/10"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William S. and Margaret, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 6, 2021
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fun fact:
Many Westerners found the full veils worn by Muslim women in mid-nineteenth-century Beirut both fascinating and disturbing.

digital description:
French photographer Félix Bonfils settled with his wife and child in Beirut in 1867 and opened a photography studio which his family continued to operate until 1918. Their offerings included landscapes and cityscapes, portraits, and posed scenes including examples of Middle Eastern dress such as this one, which shows the full-body and face veils worn in public by some, although not all, Muslim women in public in Beirut.

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.207/2021.207_full.tif