Unità documentaria 008 - Jean and Maurice Despott with their maid Fatimah

1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

Fatimah was one of two maids which the Despott family had in their employ at their seaside villa in the Giorginpopili neighbourhood of Tripoli, Libya. According to Jean Borg, when communal violence used to break out between the Libyan Muslims and the Libyan Jews (which was common), Fatimah and the other maid, Inez (who was Jewish), used to come to blows. Anne Despott, Jean's mother, used to separate them for days by ordering one to stay on the upper floor while the other one was confined to the ground floor of the villa.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; paper print. Photographic Type: Gelatin Silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 8.75 MB (9,185,004 bytes); JPEG: 229 KB (235,158 bytes); 1432 x 2136 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600 DPI

Original found at Jean Borg

Internal relationship: Related to Jean Borg interviews and ephemera

Photographer: n/a; Locality: Tripoli, Libya; Site: Giorginpopoli

The digital copy was created on 10/05/2017. Reproduction: scanning, Capture Software: Canon 9000F Mark II.

General keywords: Migration, Tripoli, Libya, Italian prisoners of war, British Army, Santo Spirito Hospital, Communal violence, Mintoff, Rundown, Withdrawal, Diseases, Patients, Healthcare

Date of cataloguing: 13/09/2019