Photograph album of a French family in Morocco, collecting images taken by the French professional photographer, Henri Belin and by an amateur, probably the L. C. mentioned on the cover. The album shows family life, portraits, naturalistic excursions, ancient site visits and community gatherings. Mo ...

Photograph album complied by the French doctor Alain Tresvaux du Fraval during his 8-months stay in Safsafat, Morocco accompanying the French colonial army., Safsafat, troops marching on Taza. General Lyautey. Spahis. Lieutenant de Preux. Wood market. Hawwara. Melloulou Valley. Doctor Labadan. Local ...

Photographs show reproductions of miniatures of maharajas, the Taj Mahal, the Akbar's tomb and the Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) in Agra, snake charmers, cremations in Varanasi, views of Delhi, sweepers women from southern India, views of Kanpur, a fakir, a devadasi - young girls who get dedicated as ...

Photograph album complied by a French military officer, possibly a member of the 1st or 10th Zouaves battalion, based in Algeria at the end of the 19th century. The album includes amateur photographs – possibly taken by the compiler himself –, photographs taken by professional studios such as th ...

Full-length standing portrait showing five Muslim pilgrims from the island of Ambon, from the Kai Islands and from Banda in Indonesia. On the left, a boy described as the son of a man from the island of Ambon and a woman from Mecca. The adults face forward, looking towards the camera, while the youn ...

Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from Iraq, Zanzibar and Bahrain and Afghanistan. The photographs were probably taken in Jedda by Snouck Hurgronje between 1884 and 1885. The negatives had handwork applied. The original background has been substituted completely in o ...

Full-length seated portrait of three Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Bacan, in the Maluku Islands, in modern day Indonesia. They are described as the son of the sultan - Prince Nur, as per Snouck Hurgronje's notes in his papers held at the Leiden Library -, his uncle and an imam. The men face ...

Full-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Aceh, in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group faces forward, looking towards the camera. The two men standing behind are described as wakils (representatives). The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are phot ...

Full-length seated portrait of six Muslim pilgrims from Kerinci, in the island of Sumatra - one of them is described as a sheikh of the same place. They squat or sit face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are ...

Full-length seated portrait of thirteen Mandailing Muslim pilgrimd from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. They squat face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plan ...

Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from the Greater and Smaller Sunda Islands. The photographs were probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The pilgrims are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage visible in the background. The ...