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
Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less