Albumen print from a collodion negative by Roger Fenton: Pasha and Bayadere, 1858.
An albumen print photograph entitled 'Pasha and Bayadere' taken by Roger Fenton in 1858.
The photograph shows a dancing girl performing for the enjoyment of the Pasha, as a musician plays a stringed instrument beside her. Although Fenton had visited Constantinople (Istanbul) en route to the Crimea, this photograph is actually a staged tableau photographed in Fenton's London studio.
Fenton himself played the Pasha, the musician is played by the English landscape painter Frank Dillon (1823-1909).
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 2010-5055
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford, Purchased with the Assistance of the Art Fund
