Description
‘More d’Alger. Demoiselle Juive d’Alger. Esclave Servante a Alger. Zouave. Arabe de la Plaine. Fantassin Regulier d’Abdel-Kader.’
Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 12 x 18 cm. (4,7 x 7,1 inch).
From the Africa/America volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.
Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.
Condition: Good, given age. Faintly browned, and with a few small stains. Left edges sometimes a little uneven from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: ALGERIA-FASHION-COSTUME-SLAVE-WARRIOR-JEWISH WOMAN
PCO-C10-30




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