Arab Encampment, Algeria
Arab Encampment, Algeria

Currently not on view

Arab Encampment, Algeria,

ca. 1860

attributed to Jean-Baptiste Alary and Lucien-Jacob Geiser, French, active 1860-1870
x1991-197

Information

Title
Arab Encampment, Algeria
Dates

ca. 1860

Maker
attributed to Jean-Baptiste Alary and Lucien-Jacob Geiser
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 20.3 x 26.7 cm. (8 x 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.8 x 28.3 cm. (8 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1991-197
Place Depicted

Algeria

Inscription
inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso center: Arab Encampment/Algeria/Cs; pencil, verso: Douar de la plain de Serny (?)
Culture
French
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Subject
grass, hills, rock (inorganic material), earth

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