North Africa Collection (page 10)

Fellah, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Fellah, Egypt, 1898. Portrait of a man belonging to the fellaheen, a class of peasants or agricultural labourers. Ein Fellache. From " Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers

Marketplace, Asyut, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Marketplace, Asyut, Egypt, 1898. Marktplatz, Siut. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

Statues in the Luxor Temple, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Statues in the Luxor Temple, Egypt, 1898. Tourist sitting on a piece of fallen sculpture, (the crown of Ramses The Great?) among half-buried statues at the Ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor

Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Schechgrab bei Assuan. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

Bishari man, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bishari man, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Portrait of a man with dreadlocks, from the Bishari tribe who live in the eastern Nubian Desert in Sudan and in southern Egypt. Bischarin Beduine bei Assuan

Men in the River Nile at the First Cataract, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Men in the River Nile at the First Cataract, Egypt, 1898. Locals in the water near the Island of Philae. Am Katarakt. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth]

Beduine Jungen in Assuan, 1898. (pg 30) Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bedouin children, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Portrait of two children belonging to the nomadic Bedu or Bedouin people of North Africa. Beduine Jungen in Assuan

On the banks of the Nile at Dendera, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
On the banks of the Nile at Dendera, Egypt, 1898. Paddle steamer Hatasoo on the River Nile. On the right is a shadoof, a device for lifting water for irrigation. Am Nilufer bei Denderah

Street in Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street in Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Strasse in Assuan. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

Algeria, Algiers, oldest Mosque
The (Grand?) oldest mosque in the Kasbah of old Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Cherchell, Amphitheatre
Remains of a Roman amphitheatre now used as a football ground, Cherchell, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Algiers, Public Shower
Public Shower in Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Algiers, Mosque
Black domed roofs of a mosque in the Kasbah of old Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Algiers, Kasbah misc
High rise apartment facade with balconies, shutters and satellite dishes in the Kasbah of Old Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Algiers, Harbour
View of the harbour, Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Algiers, Harbour view
View of the harbour, with the city skyline in the foreground, Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

Ships of the Air versus Ships of the Desert, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Ships of the Air versus Ships of the Desert, First World War, (c1920). British aeroplanes bombing a Senussi camel convoy laden with ammunition...The sketch by a British officer from which the drawing

Algeria, Constantine, Old Roman Br, Gorge
The modern bridge at the top and the ancient Roman Bridge over the river at the bottom of the large natural gorge which splits the city of Constantine, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Cherchell, site 1
Remains of a domestic detailed tiled floor at the ancient Roman site of Cherchell, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Constantine, Roman aqueduct
Remains of the ancient Roman aqueduct on the hill on the outskirts of the city of Constantline, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Constantine, Gorge
The large natural gorge which splits the city of Constantine, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Constantine, Emir Abdelkammer Mosque
Elaborate celing of the modern Emir Abdelkammer Mosque in Constantine, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Constantine, Algerian flag
The Algerian flag in fabric displayed on an exterior wall, Constantine, Algeria, December 2007

Algeria, Cherchell, harbour
View of the harbour, Cherchell, Algeria, once an ancient Roman port, now a modern city, December 2007

Turbaned Men and Veiled Women Crowd this Narrow Street in the Arab Quarter of Algiers Algeria, c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa

An Oasis Town in the Sahara Desert, Sultanate of Morocco (French Protectorate), c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

The Battle of Aboukir, 25 July 1799, (1921). Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Aboukir, 25 July 1799, (1921). Depiction of a battle between the Turks under Mustafa and the French commanded by Napoleon, fought at Aboukir (Abu Qir, on the north coast of Egypt)

Quran Manuscript Folio, 800s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio, 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

Quran Manuscript Folio (verso); Left side of Bifolio, 800s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio (verso); Left side of Bifolio, 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

Quran Manuscript Folio (recto); Left side of Bifolio, 800s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio (recto); Left side of Bifolio, 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

Page from a Koran (verso), 800s. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Koran (verso), 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

Page from a Koran (recto), 800s. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Koran (recto), 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

Folio from a Koran; right side of bifolio, 800s. Creator: Unknown
Folio from a Koran; right side of bifolio, 800s. Because of its connection with the Koran, calligraphy was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world

James Bruce, (1730-1794), 1830. Creator: Unknown
James Bruce, (1730-1794), 1830. James Bruce, (1730-1794) Scottish traveller and travel writer, educated at Harrow School and Edinburgh University, who spent a decade in North Africa and Ethiopia

Machine-gun section of Zouaves, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Machine-gun section of Zouaves, First World War, 1915, (c1920). With the French Colonial Troops at the Front. From " The Great World War - A History" Volume III, edited by Frank A Mumby

The Mustering of the Allies, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Mustering of the Allies, First World War, 1915, (c1920). French Troops in Egypt - for the first time since Napoleons day - waiting to march past Sir Ian Hamilton

A French North African soldier with prisoners or war, First World War, 1914, (c1920). The Disillusionment: German prisoners under escort of French colonial troops

French colonial troops, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Underwood & Underwood
French colonial troops, 1914-1918, (c1920). Back to the Fighting Line: French colonial troops who were slightly wounded in the early operations of the war, ready to return to the front

A Street in Fez, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A Street in Fez, 1890. Fez, northeast of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco was was founded under Idrisid rule during the 8th-9th century. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

An Incident in the Jugurthine War, 1890. Creator: Unknown
An Incident in the Jugurthine War, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

How, in Morocco, one chastens a scavenger, 1929. Creator: Unknown
How, in Morocco, one chastens a scavenger, 1929. Comment, Au Maroc, On Chatie Un " Charognard". An unfortunate (and probably hungry)

A condemned man escapes from the gallows, 1931. Creator: Unknown
A condemned man escapes from the gallows, 1931. Un Condamne A Mort Parvient As Enfuir Au Pied De La Potence. A man with a noose round his neck flees from the scaffold, chased by police

Praying Arab, 1832, (1943). Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Praying Arab, 1832, (1943). Drawing in the Louvre Museum, Paris. From " Europaische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings), by Bernhard Degenhart

Map of Ancient Egypt, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map of Ancient Egypt, 1890. For almost 30 centuries from its unification around 3100 BC to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BC

Map Illustrating the Campaigns and Marches of Alexander the Great, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map Illustrating the Campaigns and Marches of Alexander the Great, 1890. Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC) spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia

Moroccan dancers. The Handkerchief Dance, 1849. Creator: Chasseriau, Theodore (1819-1856)
Moroccan dancers. The Handkerchief Dance, 1849. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Salambo, 1897. Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Salambo, 1897. Set in Carthage in the 3rc century BC, Salammbo was a novel by French author Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), published in 1862

Central Europe and the Mediterranean, 1919. Creator: London Geographical Institute
Central Europe and the Mediterranean, 1919. Showing naval dockyards, fortified coastal towns, and forts. From " The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol

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