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Lot 54

Collection of Photographs – Tunisian Jewish Women

14 photographs of Jewish girls, young women and older women dressed in both urban weekday attires and wedding costumes. Tunisia, [late 19th / early 20th century].
Including at least six studio photographs. The names of the photographers or their studios – "Garrigues" and "M. Catalanotti" – appear on some photographs (one of Garrigues's photographs was sold at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889).
Size varies, six measuring from 6X10 cm to postcard size; three measuring 10.5X16 cm; one 16X12 cm; five averaging 26X20. Condition varies. Some mounted on card.