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Kristen Feilberg
Batak women
[Album presented to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh by the Bishop of Penang in remembrance of his 1869 visit]
1867-1870 (ca)
Albumen print
21.0 x 17.1 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2702950
LL/93071
Photograph of a full length, group portrait of four Batak women. The women are all dressed in traditional, loose fitting dresses and are all barefoot. Three of the women wear large hoop earrings. All of the women are standing. The woman on the far left poses with her back facing the camera. Beside her, a woman poses facing halfway to the right. To her left stands a woman facing the camera front on. On the far right stands a woman facing left, her face captured in profile. The women pose against a painted backdrop.
From an album presented to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh by the Bishop of Penang in remembrance of his 1869 visit
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