Finding Aid for J. G. Pilter, Tour in Algeria, 1872
Beth Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: J. G. Pilter, Tour in Algeria
Date (inclusive): 1872
Number: 93.R.33
Creator/Collector:
Pilter, J. G.
Physical Description:
1 album(s)
(91 photographic prints)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A manuscript journal containing texts,
photographs, maps, and letters documenting Englishman J. G. Pilter's travels in Algeria in
1872.
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Language: Collection material is in French with some English
Biographical/Historical Note
The journal was compiled by an Englishman identified as J. G. Pilter. J. G. Pilter may be
Sir John George Pilter (1848-1932), a Englishman living in Paris, who was variously Chairman
of the Commercial Information Department; President of the British Chamber of Commerce,
Paris; Chairman of the British Charitable Fund; Chairman of Hertford British Hospital; and
Vice-chairman of the British Schools in Paris. He was a member of the Royal Commission of
the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Pilter was a Commander of the Tunisian Order of Nicham Iftikhar
(Order of Glory) and a Knight Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Twenty-nine photographs bear credits related to Jean-Joseph-Alfred Sarrault who had
photography studios at various times in Versailles and Paris, France, and Constantine and
Bougie (Béjaïa), Algeria. In Paris, he was associated with a photographer by the name of
Lombard and together they had a photoglyphic factory in Nanterre for producing prints by the
photo-etching process. In 1867, Sarrault won a medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Some of his photographs of the 1868 famine in Algeria were published in
L'Illustration and were also distributed by Nadar.
Sources consulted:
Dod, Robert Phipps. "Sir John George Pilter."
Dod's Peerage,
Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland…Including All the Titled
Classes
. London: S. Low, Marston & Company, 1908.
Dupont, Gilles. "Sarrault, Jean Joseph Alfred," Ils on photographie Biskra.
http://photographesdebiskra.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarrault.html
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
J. G. Pilter, Tour in Algeria, 1872, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession
no. 93.R.33
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa93r33
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1993.
Processing History
Processed and cataloged by Beth Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant
funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Scope and Content of Collection
The journal by Englishman J. G. Pilter documenting his trip to Algeria in November and
December of 1872 includes 91 albumen photographs; three maps with travel routes indicated in
red ink; three tipped-in official letters in French and Arabic urging local sheikhs to
adequately provide for the travelers' needs; and a newspaper clipping. Eleven pages of the
text include small photographic reproductions of drawings of desert scenes. Seventy-five
pages contain text only. The narrative and images begin in Stora and proceed to
Phillippeville (Skikda), Bône (Annaba), Guelma, Hammam Maskhoutine, Batna, Chabet el Akhra,
El Kantara, and Biskra. Included are numerous views of nomad encampments, Roman ruins, and
oasis landscapes. A large number of the images document Biskra and nearby villages and oases
such as El Kantara and Sidi Okba.
Twenty-seven photographs bear the printed credit on their mounts: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
Two photographs bear the printed credit on their mounts: Usine photoglyptique à Nanterre. A.
Sarrault & Lombard. The photographer(s) of the remaining photographs are
unidentified.
The title on the front cover reads: Tour in Algeria. J. G. Pilter. November-December 1872.
Page numbers are handwritten at the top of each page following the title page. English
captions are printed or handwritten, usually in ink, on the mounts, except where noted.
Titles of the individual photographs were derived from either the Sarrault mount titles or
the handwritten captions, as noted. Titles for the images lacking titles on the piece were
devised by the archivist.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. J. G. Pilter, Tour in Algeria, 1872.
ref323_ktb
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Oases -- Algeria
Nomads -- Africa, North
Algerian diaries -- 19th century
Subjects - Places
Algeria -- Antiquities
Biskra (Algeria : Province)
Algeria -- Description and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Diaries
Albumen prints -- Algeria -- 19th century
Contributors
Sarrault & Lombard
Sarrault, A.
Pilter, J. G.
J. G. Pilter, Tour in Algeria
1872
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1
93.R.33-fc
Front cover
Scope and Content Note
Title on cover: Tour in Algeria. J. G. Pilter. November-December 1872.
page front endpaper
93.R.33-fe
Front endpaper
page title page
93.R.33-tp
Tour in Algeria
Scope and Content Note
Title page. Includes title and a photograph of a horse and groom.
page frontisepiece
93.R.33-fp
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Chabet-el-Akhra
Scope and Content Note
Printed on mount: A. Serrault à Versailles.
page 1
93.R.33-1
Tour in Algeria, November-December 1872
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten text.
page 2
93.R.33-2
Tour in Algeria, November-December 1872, (continued)
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten text.
page 3
93.R.33-3
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Stora
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 4
93.R.33-4
Photographer unidentified, Cactus Hedge
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption written on mount.
page 5
93.R.33-5
Handwritten text
page 6
93.R.33-6
Handwritten text
page 7
93.R.33-7
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Stora
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 8
93.R.33-8
Photographer unidentified, Philippeville
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount.
page 9
93.R.33-9
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Philippeville
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 11
93.R.33-11
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Philippeville
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 13
93.R.33-13
Handwritten text
page 14
93.R.33-14
Handwritten text
page 15
93.R.33-15
Photographer unidentified, [Striped Tents]
page 16
93.R.33-16.1
Photographer unidentified, [Arab Man Dressed in White]
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
page 16
93.R.33-16.2
Photographer unidentified, [Seated Western Man in Arab Garb]
Scope and Content Note
Seated and holding a pipe with a stack of sacks to his right.
page 16
93.R.33-16.3
Photographer unidentified, [Western Man in Arab Garb with Pipe]
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Seated and holding a pipe upright with his right hand.
page 17
93.R.33-17
Handwritten text
page 18
93.R.33-18
Handwritten text
page 19
93.R.33-19
Sarrault & Lombard, Algerie. Constantine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: Usine photoglyptique à Nanterre. Sarrault &
Lombard
page 21
93.R.33-21
Handwritten text
page 22
93.R.33-22
Handwritten text
page 23
93.R.33-23
Photographer unidentified, Rue à Alger
Scope and Content Note
Title written in pencil, lower right corner of mount.
page 25
93.R.33-25
Photographer unidentified, Rue Sidi Allel (Alger.)
Scope and Content Note
Title written in pencil, lower right corner of mount.
page 27
93.R.33-27
Photographer unidentified, Sid Alouin [?] Mosquée
Scope and Content Note
Title written in pencil, lower right corner of mount.
page 29
93.R.33-29
Handwritten text
page 30
93.R.33-30
Handwritten text
page 31
93.R.33-31
Handwritten text
page 32
93.R.33-32
Handwritten text
page 33
93.R.33-33
Handwritten text
page 34
93.R.33-34
Handwritten text
page 35
93.R.33-35
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Bône
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 36
93.R.33-36
Photographer unidentified, Hippone
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount.
page 37
93.R.33-37
Handwritten text
page 38
93.R.33-38
Handwritten text
page 39
93.R.33-39
"L'incendie de l'Edough"
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten text with newspaper clipping pasted in center.
page 40
93.R.33-40
Handwritten text
page 41
93.R.33-41
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Guelma
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 43
93.R.33-43
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Guelma
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 45
93.R.33-45
Photographer unidentified, [Ruins with Two Men in Western Dress]
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
page 47
93.R.33-47
Handwritten text
page 48
93.R.33-48
Photographer unidentified, [Springs]
Scope and Content Note
Page of handwritten text with a photograph pasted in its center.
page 49
93.R.33-49
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Hammam-Meskoutine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 51
93.R.33-51
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Hammam-Meskoutine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 53
93.R.33-53
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Hammam-Meskoutine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 55
93.R.33-55
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Hammam-Meskoutine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 57
93.R.33-57
Handwritten text
page 58
93.R.33-58
Handwritten text
page 59
93.R.33-59
Photographer unidentified, Etud. d'Oliviere
Scope and Content Note
Title written in pencil, lower right corner of mount.
page 60
93.R.33-60
Photographer unidentified, [Camels]
page 61
93.R.33-61
Handwritten text
page 62
93.R.33-62
Handwritten text
page 63
93.R.33-63
Sarrault, A. & Lombard, Algérie, Constantine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: Usine photoglyptique à Nanterre. A. Sarrault &
Lombard
page 65
93.R.33-65
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Constantine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 66
93.R.33-66
Photographer unidentified, The Roummel
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 67
93.R.33-67
Photographer unidentified, [Rhumel Waterfalls]
page 69
93.R.33-69
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Constantine
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles
page 70
93.R.33-70.1
Photographer unidentified, Arab Street
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 70
93.R.33-70.2
Photographer unidentified, Market Place
Scope and Content Note
Caption written on mount in pencil. Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 71
93.R.33-71
Handwritten text
page 72
93.R.33-72
Handwritten text
page 73
93.R.33-73
Handwritten text
page 74
93.R.33-74
Handwritten text
page 75
93.R.33-75
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Batna
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 77
93.R.33-77
Handwritten text
page 78
93.R.33-78
Handwritten text
page 79
93.R.33-79
Handwritten text
page 80
93.R.33-80
Handwritten text
page 81
93.R.33-81
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Chabet-el-Akhra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 83
93.R.33-83
Handwritten text
page 84
93.R.33-84
Handwritten text
page 85
93.R.33-85
Sarrault, A., Algérie. El-Kantara
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 87
93.R.33-87
Sarrault, A., Algérie. El-Kantara
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 89
93.R.33-89
Sarrault, A., Algérie. El-Kantara
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 91
93.R.33-91
Sarrault, A., Algérie. El-Kantara
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 93
93.R.33-93
Sarrault, A., Algérie. El-Kantara
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 94
93.R.33-94
Photographer unidentified, [Mountains]
page 95
93.R.33-95
Handwritten text
page 96
93.R.33-96
Handwritten text
page 97
93.R.33-97
Handwritten text
page 98
93.R.33-98
Handwritten text
page 99
93.R.33-99
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Printed on mount: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 101
93.R.33-101
Handwritten text
page 102
93.R.33-102
Handwritten text
page 103
93.R.33-103
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 104
93.R.33-104
Photographer unidentified, Dancing Girls
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 105
93.R.33-105
Handwritten text
page 106
93.R.33-106
Handwritten text
page 107
93.R.33-107
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 108
93.R.33-108
Photographer unidentified, [Building in Biskra (?)]
Scope and Content Note
Building surrounded by palms; man sitting on low wall.
page 109
93.R.33-109
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 110
93.R.33-110
Photographer unidentified, Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 111
93.R.33-111
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 112
93.R.33-112
Photographer unidentified, Oasis of Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 113
93.R.33-113
Handwritten text
page 114
93.R.33-114
Handwritten text
page 115
93.R.33-115
Photographer unidentified, [Adobe Building with Tower]
page 116
93.R.33-116
Photographer unidentified, Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil. Depicts the same building as that in
93.R.33-115.
page 117
93.R.33-117
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles. Depicts a woman photographed
against an adobe wall.
page 118
93.R.33-118
Photographer unidentified, Arab Cemetery
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil.
page 119
93.R.33-119
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles.
page 120
93.R.33-120
Photographer unidentified, Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount in pencil. View of tents and palms.
page 121
93.R.33-121
Sarrault, A., Algérie. Biskra
Scope and Content Note
Title printed on mount with: A. Sarrault à Versailles. View of striped tents amidst
palms.
page 122
93.R.33-122
Photographer unidentified, [Two People Roasting a Boar]
Scope and Content Note
The scene is set in front of a tent-like structure made of palm fronds.
page 123
93.R.33-123
Photographer unidentified, [Tents outside a Walled Fort]
Scope and Content Note
Page of handwritten text with a photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 124
93.R.33-124
Handwritten text
page 125
93.R.33-125
Photographer unidentified, [Reproduction of a Drawing]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
Letter 1
Scope and Content Note
Four-page official letter in French and Arabic, inserted between pages 125-126,
urging local sheikhs to adequately provide for the travelers' needs.
page 126
93.R.33-126
Handwritten text
page 127
93.R.33-127
Handwritten text
page 128
93.R.33-128
Handwritten text
page 129
93.R.33-129
Handwritten text
page 130
93.R.33-130
Handwritten text
page 131
93.R.33-131
Photographer unidentified, [View of a Town]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 132
93.R.33-132
Handwritten text
page 133
93.R.33-133
Photographer unidentified, [Drawing of a Town]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 134
93.R.33-134
Photographer unidentified, [Drawing of a Village or Oasis]
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten text with pasted photographic reproduction of a drawing, possibly of the
Tamerna oasis.
page 135
93.R.33-135
Handwritten text
page 136
93.R.33-136
Handwritten text
page 137
93.R.33-137
Photographer unidentified, [Ruins of the Ain Tala Mosque]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 138
93.R.33-138
Photographer unidentified, [Structure for Officers in Tougourd]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 139
93.R.33-139
Handwritten text
page 140
93.R.33-140
Handwritten text
page 141
93.R.33-141
Handwritten text
page 142
93.R.33-142
Photographer unidentified, [Mosque of the Great Bishop of the Desert,
Tlemcen]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 143
93.R.33-143
Handwritten text
page 144
93.R.33-144
Handwritten text
page 145
93.R.33-145
Handwritten text
page 146
93.R.33-146
Photographer unidentified, [Streets with Arches]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 147
93.R.33-147
Handwritten text
page 148
93.R.33-148
Handwritten text
page 149
93.R.33-149
Handwritten text
page 150
93.R.33-150
Photographer unidentified, [Oasis of Sidi Rached]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
Letter 2
Scope and Content Note
Four-page official letter in French and Arabic urging local chiefs to adequately
provide for the travelers' needs inserted between pages 150-151.
Letter 3
Scope and Content Note
Four-page official letter in French and Arabic exhorting local chiefs to adequately
provide for the travelers' needs inserted between pages 150-151.
page 151
93.R.33-151
Handwritten text
page 152
93.R.33-152
Handwritten text
page 153
93.R.33-153
Photographer unidentified, [Palm Trees]
Scope and Content Note
Page with handwritten text and a photographic reproduction of a drawing pasted in its
center.
page 154
93.R.33-154
Handwritten text
page 155
93.R.33-155
Handwritten text
page 156
93.R.33-156
Handwritten text
page 157
93.R.33-157
Handwritten text
page 158
93.R.33-158
Handwritten text
page 159
93.R.33-159
Handwritten text
page 160
93.R.33-160
Handwritten text
page 161
93.R.33-161
Handwritten text
page 162
93.R.33-162
Handwritten text
page 163
93.R.33-163.1
Photographer unidentified, [Man Riding a Camel]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a print or painting.
page 163
93.R.33-163.2
Photographer unidentified, [Man Kneeling towards a Camel]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a print or painting.
page 164
93.R.33-164
Photographer unidentified, [Camp Scene]
page 165
93.R.33-165
Center du sud
Scope and Content Note
Page with two photographs. Caption written in pencil on mount, lower right
corner.
page 165
93.R.33-165.1
Photographer unidentified, [Tents and Horses]
page 165
93.R.33-165.2
Photographer unidentified, [Travelers and Their Guides Sitting underneath a
Tent]
page 166
93.R.33-166.1
Photographer unidentified, [Desert Town]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 166
93.R.33-166.2
Photographer unidentified, [Desert Town]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 166
93.R.33-166.3
Photographer unidentified, [Tents in the Desert]
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 166
93.R.33-166.4
Photographer unidentified, [Building with a Tower]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 166
93.R.33-166.5
Photographer unidentified, [Building Complex with a Tower]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 167
93.R.33-167
Photographer unidentified, Bananies, Kousa (?)
Scope and Content Note
Caption written in pencil on mount, lower right corner.
page 168
93.R.33-168.1
Photographer unidentified, [Building on a Hill]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 168
93.R.33-168.2
Photographer unidentified, [View of Town]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 168
93.R.33-168.3
Photographer unidentified, [Arched Street]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 168
93.R.33-168.4
Photographer unidentified, [Dunes]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 168
93.R.33-168.5
Photographer unidentified, [Domed Buildings]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 169
93.R.33-169
Photographer unidentified, Aloei
Scope and Content Note
Caption written in pencil on mount, lower right corner.
page 170
93.R.33-170.1
Photographer unidentified, [Desert Encampment]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 170
93.R.33-170.2
Photographer unidentified, [A Town]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 170
93.R.33-170.3
Photographer unidentified, [Walled Fort or Town]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 170
93.R.33-170.4
Photographer unidentified, [Walled Fort]
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a drawing.
page 170a
93.R.33-tip4
Map of Algeria
Scope and Content Note
Folded, with travel route marked in red ink.
page 170b
93.R.33-tip5
Map of Algeria
Scope and Content Note
Loose, folded map inserted after page 170 with travel route marked in red ink.
page 170c
93.R.33-tip6
Alégerie d'après les cartes de l'etat-major
Scope and Content Note
Folded map.
page back endpapers
93.R.33-be
Back endpapers