<em>Looks Like a Girl! (Mohterem) , One of 274 Vintage Photographs</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (18.2 x 12.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.136 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.3.136_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

Looks Like a Girl! (Mohterem) , One of 274 Vintage Photographs, late 19th–early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (18.2 x 12.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.136 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.3.136_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

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Looks Like a Girl! (Mohterem) , One of 274 Vintage Photographs

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Gelatin silver printing out paper

DATES late 19th–early 20th century

DYNASTY Qajar

PERIOD Qajar Period

DIMENSIONS 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (18.2 x 12.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World

ACCESSION NUMBER 1997.3.136

CREDIT LINE Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar

PROVENANCE Prior to 1997, provenance not yet documented; by 1997, acquired by Massoud Nader, New York, NY; 1997, purchased from Massoud Nader by the Brooklyn Museum.

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CAPTION Looks Like a Girl! (Mohterem) , One of 274 Vintage Photographs, late 19th–early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (18.2 x 12.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.136 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.3.136_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 1997.3.136_IMLS_PS3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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