Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012661Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
Imprinted in white on recto of image: "672-Femmes musulmanes syriennes costume de ville"; Imprinted in white on recto of image, lower right: "Bonfils"; Written in blue pencil on verso: "24"; Written in pencil on verso: "672/10"
Provenance
?-2021: William S. and Margaret, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 6, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885)
- Date
- c. 1867–78
- Medium
- Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 38.1 x 48.3 cm (15 x 19 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
- Accession no.
- 2021.207
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