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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Many Westerners found the full veils worn by Muslim women in mid-nineteenth-century Beirut both fascinating and disturbing.
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![[Two Hindu Women in Elaborate Jewelry, Before Studio Backdrop with Palm Trees]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP71250.jpg)
Unknown — [Two Hindu Women in Elaborate Jewelry, Before Stud![[Two Indian Women, One Seated]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP147801.jpg)
Unknown — [Two Indian Women, One Seated]![[Studio Portrait: Woman Wearing Robe and Straw Hat, Algeria]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP-15801-173.jpg)
Unknown — [Studio Portrait: Woman Wearing Robe and Straw Hat![[Studio Portrait: A Moorish Lady, Algeria]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP-15801-171.jpg)
Unknown — [Studio Portrait: A Moorish Lady, Algeria]
Bourne & Shepherd (British, active India, 1868–2016) — Three
Ernest Benecke — Wassileh and Lhedeh, Ghawagea
Félix Bonfils — Femme turque en toilette de ville![[Three East Indian Women]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP116352.jpg)
Francis Frith — [Three East Indian Women]![[Geisha Girls]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP262061.jpg)
Unknown — [Geisha Girls]
Pierre-Louis Pierson — Sèriè à la Ristori
Désiré Charnay — Femmes Betsimisaraka, Madagascar![[Two Women]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP138842.jpg)
Ernest Benecke — [Two Women]
![[Details of the Colonnade of the Parthenon, Athens]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP113905.jpg)
