Photographs depict the Dar Hassan Pasha palace, built in 1790 by Dey Mustapha Pacha and temporarily used a Library. The French photographer Camille... Show morePhotographs depict the Dar Hassan Pasha palace, built in 1790 by Dey Mustapha Pacha and temporarily used a Library. The French photographer Camille Silvy had studied law and had become a diplomat. While still a governmental officer, Silvy visited Algeria in 1857 on a commission from the Minister of Public Instruction to draw buildings and scenes to document and promote Colonial Algeria to the French public. After this experience, in 1858 he gave up his career and became a professional photographer. (Alger) Vue intérieure de la Bibliothèque -- Vue intérieure de l'Archive Titles from item; date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0218 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2516577x BIB-ID: 2528546 Mondenard, Anne de "L'Algérie, terre oubliée des photographes en Orient" In De Delacroix à Renoir: l'L'Algérie des peintres, ed. Institut du Monde Arab, Paris, Hazan, 2003, p. 109; Haworth-Booth, Mark, Camille Silvy photographe de la vie moderne, Paris, Jeu de Paume, 2011, p. 22-23. Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph shows the Bab Al-Khalq building that hosted the Egyptian National Library and... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph shows the Bab Al-Khalq building that hosted the Egyptian National Library and Archives from 1904 until 1971, together with the Dar Al-Athar Al-Arabiya; at the time of Sultan Hussein Kamel (d. 1917), this library was known as Sultanieh Library. Before that date, the National Library of Egypt—founded by the Khedive Isma’il Pasha in 1870 and originally designated as Kotub Khana or Khedieval Library— was housed in Darb al-Gamamiz. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0089-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23703271 BIB-ID: 2524740 Show less
Diderot, Denis , 1713-1784, Collection Edmond de Rothschild., Libraries, Libraries--France
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Lettered with production detail: 'E. Meissonier pinx. - Mongin sc.' and 'Imp. A. Salmon', plate... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Lettered with production detail: 'E. Meissonier pinx. - Mongin sc.' and 'Imp. A. Salmon', plate title, continuing: '(Collection de Mr le baron Edmond de Rothschild)', and journal title: 'L'Art'. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2018.0020-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25802434 BIB-ID: 2741323 Show less
