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Purdah Collection

Background imagePurdah Collection: The Queen and Princes of Oude and Suite at Drury-Lane Theatre, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Queen and Princes of Oude and Suite at Drury-Lane Theatre, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Queen and Princes of Oude and Suite at Drury-Lane Theatre, [London], 1857. Her Majesty [Queen Malika Kishwar] was accompanied by the Princes and a large suite

Background imagePurdah Collection: Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915

Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imagePurdah Collection: Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915

Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imagePurdah Collection: The Begum of Bhopal escorts the Prince of Wales to the Durbar Hall, India, 1921

The Begum of Bhopal escorts the Prince of Wales to the Durbar Hall, India, 1921
The begum of Bhopal escorts the Prince of Wales to the Durbar Hall, India, 1921. The future King Edward VIII on a royal visit to India

Background imagePurdah Collection: Lucretia instructing her daughters in needlework, 1557. Creator: Giuseppe Porta

Lucretia instructing her daughters in needlework, 1557. Creator: Giuseppe Porta
Lucretia instructing her daughters in needlework, 1557. From Giovanni Ostaus s, La vera perfettione del disegno di varie sorte di recami (Venice, 1557), a book on needlework

Background imagePurdah Collection: Femme turque en toilette de ville, 1870s. Creator: Felix Bonfils

Femme turque en toilette de ville, 1870s. Creator: Felix Bonfils
Femme turque en toilette de ville, 1870s

Background imagePurdah Collection: A Mosque, 1872. Creator: Alberto Pasini

A Mosque, 1872. Creator: Alberto Pasini
A Mosque, 1872

Background imagePurdah Collection: Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Creator: James Atkinson

Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Creator: James Atkinson
Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Portraits of people in the capital of Afghanistan: a woman donning a burqa before going out (top left), An Afghan Sirdar, (a term denoting a prince or noblemen)


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