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Suluma, Melek, fl. 1861-1877 Full length seated carte de visite portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00241.26 Author/Creator: Suluma, Melek, fl. 1861-1877 Place Written: North Adams, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph 10 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint of H.D. Ward, North Adams, Mass., on verso. Pencil inscription on verso reads: "Suluma Melek, Circassian Lady, Born in Solder Cale, Asia Minor, Age 20 years." Melek's dress is tinted bright purple, her underskirt is tinted deep pink, and the tassels of the chair upon which she is seated are yellow-green.

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