1781.b.39, 9(27)

Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 162.'

Genre: Portrait Photography

Portrait of two figures posed in front of a tent, the standing figure holding the bird he has shot, the other seated beside his stove: 'The group before us is one with which every traveller in the East will claim acquaintance, recognising at once the man of many resources, who has never failed to produce a dinner, and the scarcely less useful purveyor, who so often has brought the wished-for material at a culinary crisis. The sportsman in the view is one who has profited by his intercourse with European travellers, and, if we are inclined to find fault with the ancient great-coat which he wears like an Arab shirt, girt round the waist, he deserves praise for having begged or stolen that excellent substitute for an old matchlock which he carries. As for the present result of his skill, little can be said in its favour, as, indeed, the discontented look of our Arab Vattel seems to show...'