Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville
Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885)
c. 1867–78
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Dimensions
38.1 × 48.3 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
Accession Number
2021.207
Tags
male
About this 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.