Photograph album of a French family in Morocco, collecting images taken by the French professional photographer, Henri Belin and by an amateur,... Show morePhotograph 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. Most of the snapshots were taken in Rabat, but many other places are mentioned as well, such as Essaouira, al-Jadīdah, Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Zagora, Michlifen - a mountain town in the Atlas Mountains - , Volubilis, Tangier, Fès and Algiers. Title and date devised by Library staff. Initials "L.C." are gilt-lettered in gold on the blue leather cover. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0216 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24959303 BIB-ID: 2528544 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0031-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26322018 BIB-ID: 2811597 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0031-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26322018 BIB-ID: 2811597 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 306 and 5401) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 306 and 5401) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315191 BIB-ID: 2811038 Show less
Jacques-Phillipe Potteau was a member of the anthropology department at the Museum D'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and succeeded Louis Rousseau as... Show moreJacques-Phillipe Potteau was a member of the anthropology department at the Museum D'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and succeeded Louis Rousseau as the department photographer. Between 1860 and 1869 he made a series of ethnographical portraits for the museum, such as the present one. Title and date from item. Inscription to verso of mount in pencil reads (transaltion from French) "Abd Allah Ben Abdi (91 years old). Marshal of lodgings of the Spahis. Interpreter for the Tuaregs in Paris. Born in Constantine of a Turkish father, and of a Kouloughli mother. Photographed in 1862". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0021 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26118488 BIB-ID: 2745831 Show less
The photograph portraits a group of the Chaouia people in their traditional dresses and ornaments while performing hand-kissing. Title from item.... Show moreThe photograph portraits a group of the Chaouia people in their traditional dresses and ornaments while performing hand-kissing. Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. The photograph is signed with blind stamp. Pencil caption on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0001-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24068810 BIB-ID: 2557036 Show less
