Finding Aid for views of Algeria and Algerians, circa 1870-circa 1890
Finding aid prepared by Beth Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Views of Algeria and Algerians
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-circa 1890
Number: 95.R.14
Physical Description:
8.0 photographic prints
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Studio portraits of indigenous people in elaborate dress and touristic destinations.
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Language: Collection material is in
French and some
English
Biographical/Historical Note
The photographs in this collection were taken in Algeria by various photographers, known and unknown, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Views of Algeria and Algerians, circa 1870-circa 1890, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 95.R.14
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa95r14
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1995.
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
Four of these eight albumen prints are studio portraits of indigenous people in elaborate dress. There is one portrait of
a woman in billowing pantaloons and a long veil that covers her head and body, leaving only her eyes and forehead (decorated
with a jeweled headband) showing. In a second portrait the woman has lifted the veil to reveal another veil underneath it,
one covering her nose, mouth, chin and neck. Her elegant lace blouse and shining bracelets are also visible. The two other
portraits are of men wearing turbans, sashes, and shawls. These portraits are apparently the work of a single unidentified
photographer.
Four photographs are of tourist destinations such as the city of Constantine (by Jean Geiser), the Hotel d'Orient in Algiers
(by C. Portier), the interior of the Mosque of Sidi Bou Médine in Tlemcen (by Neurdein frères), and the racetrack at Beni
Mora.
Titles are as they appear in the negative, on the verso, or on the mount, as noted.
Arrangement
No discernible original order; arranged by cataloger.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Architecture, Colonial--Algeria
Clothing and dress--Algeria
Indigenous peoples--Algeria--Portraits
Islamic architecture--Algeria
Mosques--Algeria
Subjects - Places
Algeria--Description and travel
Algeria--Pictorial works
Algiers (Algeria)
Constantine (Algeria)
France--Colonies--Africa
Tlemcen (Algeria)
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints--19th century
Albumen prints--Algeria--19th century
Photograph albums--Algeria--19th century
Photographic prints--19th century
Contributors
Geiser, Jean, 1848-1923
Neurdein frères
Portier, C.
Box 1
95.R.14-1
Race track, Beni Mora in Desert
Scope and Content Note
Written on verso.
Box 1
95.R.14-2
Portrait of a man with hand tucked in sash
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Box 1
95.R.14-3
Veiled woman, full length portrait
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Box 1
95.R.14-4
Veiled woman, three-quarter length portrait
Scope and Content Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Box 1
95.R.14-5
2488 Caïd de Biskra
Scope and Content Note
In negative.
Box 1
95.R.14-6
Constantine
Scope and Content Note
Title written on mount.
Blindstamp on mount below image: J. Geiser. Photographie Algerienne. Peinture et Photographeur de S.M. L'Empereur, 1 rue Neuve
Mahon, 1 Alger.
View of Constantine from below with large haystack in middle ground.
Box 1
95.R.14-7
ND. Phot., 223 Tlemcen, Intérieur de la Mosquée de Sidi Bou Médine
Scope and Content Note
In negative.
Box 1
95.R.14-8
Algérie Pittoresque, Hôtel d'Orient, Portier Phot - Alger
Scope and Content Note
Caption printed on mount.
Includes a small image of prize medals.
