Islamic architecture, Classical antiquities, Classical antiquities--Africa, North, Women, Arab
Photograph album collecting views and portraits from Algeria and Tunisia. Prints include street views, mosques, monuments, palaces, cafes, general... Show morePhotograph album collecting views and portraits from Algeria and Tunisia. Prints include street views, mosques, monuments, palaces, cafes, general views of cities, natural landmarks, panoramas, and antiquities. Orientalist studio portraits of women as well as some group photographs are collected as well. Alger ; Cathédrale Alger (2227) ; Alger Rue Arabe (2047) ; Alger Rue des remparts (2401) ; Alger Intérieur de Mosquée (2420) ; Alger N.D. d’Afrique ; Place de Chartres (1799) ; Alger Théâtre national (2619) ; Mosquée Sidi Abderamman (110) ; Constantine Vue Générale prise de la Route de Setif (216) ; Constantine Les Gorges du Rhummel (285) ; Constantine Entrée des Gorges du Rhummel (279) ; Constantine Gorges du Rhummel, le Chemin des Touristes (326) ; Constantine Ancien Palais d’Ahmed-Bey (293) ; Biskra ; Casino, Biskra ; Street, Biskra ; River Bed, Biskra ; Date Palms, Biskra ; The Gardens, Biskra ; Desert near Biskra ; Mosque of Side Akba ; Porte romaine de sidi Okba (354) ; Timgat ; Philippeville Vue Générale prise de l’Hôpital Militaire (201) ; Philippeville Vue Générale prise de l’Hôpital Civil (106) ; Bône Le Fort de la Cigogne (105) ; Bizerte, Old Port ; Bizerte ; Vue panoramique de la Ville de Tunis (16) ; Tunis Avenue de la Marine (9) ; Avenue de France (6) ; Tunis Souk des Tailleurs (21) ; Tunis Souk des Etoffes (19) ; Tunis Rue du Pacha dans la ville riche (28) ; Salle de Justice au Bardo ; S.A. le Bey au Bardo (88) ; Anciens Ports de Carthage (71) ; Citernes romaines de La Malga à Carthage (67) ; Aqueduc du Bardo (201) ; Uled Nael (361) ; Uled Nael à Biskra (369) ; Intérieur arabe Biskra (343) ; Ecole arabe en Tunisie (84) ; Café maure (60) ; Mauresque, costume de ville (2500) ; Jeune Femme Arabe, costume d’intérieur (13) ; Mauresques d’Alger (2589) ; Juive tenue de ville (5) ; Femme arabe riche (31) ; La grande prière à Biskra (137) Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Contemporary half morocco gilt album. Photographs size 19.5 x 26 cm. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22678293 BIB-ID: 2409662 Show less
Title from item, date devised from Library staff. Captions and credits (Aug. Salzmann, Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs., Imp. Photogr. de Blanquart -... Show moreTitle from item, date devised from Library staff. Captions and credits (Aug. Salzmann, Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs., Imp. Photogr. de Blanquart - Evrard, à Lille) printed on mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0237-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25887312 BIB-ID: 2755490 Show less
Bab al-Asbat, also known as St. Stephen's and Lion Gate from the outside wall. A pair of lions are carved in profile facing each other on either... Show moreBab al-Asbat, also known as St. Stephen's and Lion Gate from the outside wall. A pair of lions are carved in profile facing each other on either side of the gateway. Bab al-Asbat is dated by a carved inscription on the inside wall of the southern façade. The inscription indicates that the gateway was erected by order of Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66) in AH 954 (1538–9 CE). Title from item, date devised from Library staff. Captions and credits (Aug. Salzmann, Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs., Imp. Photogr. de Blanquart - Evrard, à Lille) printed on mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0237-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25887336 BIB-ID: 2755492 Show less
Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000... Show morePoster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The image features snake handler surrounded and lit by a fire, accompanied by a red, devil like figure holding a knife. Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "Impr[rimer]ies Lemercier", "Administration, 74, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris" and "Cette affiche ne pourra être vendue que revêtue du timbre spécial de la Société" (This poster can only be sold with the special stamp of the Company). The poster has dry seal of the Société dexploitation de L'Andalousie au temps des Maure, the operating company of the exhibition "Andalusia in the Time of the Moors". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0208 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26280073 BIB-ID: 2808691 See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205. Show less