Poland / Egypt: 'A Fallah Woman With Her Child', Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819-1881), 1878

Anna Maria Elisabeth Lisinska Jerichau-Baumann (November 21, 1819 – July 11, 1881, Copenhagen) was a Polish-Danish painter. She was married to the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau.

Fellah (Arabic: fallah, plural Fellahin) is a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer in the Middle East and North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for ploughman or tiller.

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