[Portrait of a woman]

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[Portrait of a woman]

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Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Photographer · 1869–1869

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Born in Berlin, Wilhelm Hammerschmidt was already a professional photographer when he settled in Cairo, Egypt, around 1860. There he established the Hammerschmidt shop, where he sold photographic materials to other early photographers such as Henry Cammas. Hammerschmidt exhibited ten views of Egypt at the Société Française de Photographie in 1861 before becoming a member the following year. He als

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Date
1860s
Medium
Albumen silver print
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
e938ad5b-cdef-4173-bb37-554043dab565

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A black woman seen in a studio setting posed beside a drape and a footstool. She wears a white hijab with her face exposed and salwar pants with a white embroidered apron over them. She holds a bundle of dried leaves of grass that are bound to a handle.

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