Portrait of Ahmed Ben Yelloub

Artist Philippe Potteau (French, 1807 - 1876)

Date1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (17.15 × 12.85 cm)
Mount: 14 13/16 × 11 1/8 inches (37.64 × 28.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2020.7.84

Signednone

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, in black pen: "Ahmed ben Yelloub (34 ans) Caporal au 2éme / Tirailleurs Algériens Né á Oran. Taille 1 métre / 60 centimetres, cheveux noirs, yeux bleus; fils / de pére turc et de mére Arabe / Phot. en 1865" Translation: Ahmed ben Yelloub (34 years old) Corporal in the 2nd [regiment] of Algerian riflemen. Born in Oran. One meter, 60 centimeters tall, black hair, blue eyes; son of a Turkish father and Arab mother; Phot[ographed] in 1865.

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "2S1 / TxB- / B [circled]"

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DescriptionImage of man with short beard and mustache looking towards the viewer with a furrowed brow. A metal is pinned to his jacket.Provenance

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas CIty, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

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