Photographs show two young water carriers and one blind beggar. Both these subjects were very common in Orientalism painting. Alexandre Brignoli... Show morePhotographs show two young water carriers and one blind beggar. Both these subjects were very common in Orientalism painting. Alexandre Brignoli was an Italian professional photographer active in Cairo between 1860 and 1870. His studio was based at the Hôtel du Commerce and his production almost exclusively consists of Orientalist portraits. His work seemed to be more aimed at artists than almost any other commercial work in the Middle East and North Africa. See Ken Jacobson Odalisques & Arabesque: Oriental Photography 1839-1925, Quaritch, London, 2007. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0256 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25237755 BIB-ID: 2686962 Show less
The album includes studio and "in situ" studies of indigenous peoples at work in street scenes of everyday life, women and children. Places... Show moreThe album includes studio and "in situ" studies of indigenous peoples at work in street scenes of everyday life, women and children. Places mentioned include Alger, Laghouat, Issers, Blida, Biskra, Constantine and the gorges of Kherrata and El Kantara. There are city views, views of mosques, streets, cathedrals, oases, gates, caravans, and local vegetation. Some prints are credited to Algiers photographer Alexandre Leroux. 1004 Alger vue du Phare -- 1001 Place du Gouvernement Alger -- 752 Intérieur de la grande Mosquée El Kebir. Alger -- 1036 Escalier de la Pêcherie Alger -- 1038 Place du Gouvernement Alger -- 74 Intérieur de l’Archevêché Alger -- 1015 Oasis S.te Marie et Vue d’Alger -- 26 À la Casbah Alger -- 873 Caravane à Laghouat Algérie -- 38 Mosquée Sidi-Abderrahman Alger -- 652 Intérieur du Musée d’Alger -- 60 Intérieur Mauresque Alger -- 182 Marché aux Issers -- 1081 Rue Kleber Alger -- 1083 Rue à Alger -- 1014 Alger La Cathédrale -- 131 Flore Algérienne -- 682 Mauresque d’Alger -- 1232 Leroux C.ie -- 1250 Leroux -- 195 Femme du Sud en voyage -- 348 Mulâtresse -- 1209 Nègre du Soudan -- 460 Porteur d’eau -- 1313 Spahis indigène -- 63 Arabe -- 437 Juive -- 415 Oulad Naïls -- 891 Bois Sacré Blidah -- 168 Gorges de la Chiffa Algeria -- 1018 Cimetière Sid-Kébir Blidah -- 259 Oasis de Biskra Algérie -- 267 Gardiens de Palmier a Biskra Algérie -- 262 Mosquée Sidi Mcid Biskra -- 301 Oasis de Biskra Algérie -- 256 Porte Sarrazine à Bougie Algérie -- 898 Bugie Algérie -- 644 Setif Algérie -- 318 Pont d’El-Kantara Constantine -- 720 Le Rumel à Constantine Algérie -- 531 El-Kantara Algérie -- 213 Chaabet el Akra Algérie -- 214 Chàabet-El-Akra Algérie -- 1274 Enfants Juifs de Constantine. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs are mounted recto/verso, most of them numbered and captioned in French in the negative. A few with Leroux's credit. Gilt-lettered cloth. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23899803 BIB-ID: 2537135 Show less
Photograph album showing women from Middle Eastern countries compiled in the later 19th century, probably by wealthy tourists. Photographs,... Show morePhotograph album showing women from Middle Eastern countries compiled in the later 19th century, probably by wealthy tourists. Photographs, produced by famous studios such as Bonfils, Brothers Zangaki, Peridis and Georgiladakis, show Muslim women in the traditional costumes of Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. There are also a few portraits of women representing religious minorities, such as the Jewish and Druze communities. Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographs are house in a contemporary full leather binding with simple gilt fillets to covers; gilt inner dentelle. All edges gilt. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0199 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24742624 BIB-ID: 2624730 Show less
