Views and Peoples of Algeria, 1867-1868, undated

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Summary

Creators:
Prod'hom, Jean
Abstract:
The album contains 82 photographs of Algeria and includes landscapes and portraits.
Extent:
1 album(s) (82 photographs in 1 album)
Language:
Collection material is in English and French.
Preferred citation:

Views and peoples of Algeria album, 1867-1868, undated, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2002.R.9

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r9

Background

Scope and content:

The album of 82 albumen prints on 75 pages includes cityscapes and urban views, landscapes, formal and informal portraits, and images of local vegetation. Several photographs are attributed to Jean Prod'hom; the other photographers are unidentifed.

The album is bound in black morocco. The title stamped on the front cover in Arabic reads: A. B. A., 1867. The inside front cover is stamped: R. Ackermann, London, indicating it was likely bound and sold by Rudolph Ackermann, Junior (-1906), the London publisher, print seller, stationer, and manufacturer of watercolor paints and other art supplies.

The pages are numbered in pencil on the recto side only, and 30 photographs are captioned in pencil in English or French; some are dated 1867 or 1868. These captions have been used as the titles for the individual photographs; the remainder of the titles were devised by the cataloger.

Biographical / historical:

The compiler of the album is unidentified. Several photographs are attributed to Jean Prod'hom, who ran a studio in Bône, Algeria, from the 1860s through the 1890s.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2002.
Processing information:

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Guynn updated the finding aid in 2021.

Arrangement:

Arranged in a single series: Series I. Views and Peoples of Algeria.

Physical location:
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Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Views and peoples of Algeria album, 1867-1868, undated, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2002.R.9

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r9

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