5 Antique Photographs of Arabic and North African People.
Produced by Schoeder & Cie and Photoglob in the late 1800’s.
These images would have been sold as souvenirs to tourists at a time when travelling to Egypt was a popular extension of The Grand Tour.
The subjects of the photographs are as follows:
Une arabe viole: A veiled Arabic woman. (Photoglob)
Chiffonier arabe: I’m not certain about this one but I think Seller of Rags, Cloth, Clothing. (Schroeder)
Marchand de subjects de la Nubie: Trader in Nubian Artefacts (Schroeder)
Vendeur de Chapelets: Seller of rosary beads. (Schroeder)
Biscarins: Tribal people from Eritrea and Sudan. (Photoglob)
Size: 26.8 x 20.7 cms or 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
Condition: Very good. The photographs are printed on fine paper. The surfaces of all 5 are lightly creased. Two have creases that look like the beginning of faint horizontal folds. There are occasional short closed tears at the edges. Spots of foxing on the reverse show faintly through to the front. The photograph of The Bischarin has more pronounced creases to three corners and a tiny bit of loss at one tip. The photograph of the Marchand de subjects de la Nubie has a crease at the top corner.
