Sale 2536 | Lot 289

(TUNISIA & ALGERIA--AFRICA)
An album with 25 pictures of busy bazaars, intimate portraits, and strikingly patterned interiors.
Includes ornate architectural details, lavishly decorated home interiors, street vendors and their shops bursting with wares, in situ and studio portraits of Tunisian women and children, river views, and 4 richly hand-colored bazaar scenes; eleven of the prints are credited to J. André Garrigues. Albumen (14) prints, silver (7) prints, and photochromes (4), the images measuring 5¼x3¾ to 8¾x11 inches (13.3x9.5 to 22.2x27.9 cm.), more than half with the photographers' credit, title, location and/or inventory notation, in the negative. Oblong folio, brown leatherette with gilt-lettering, slight wear along edges. 1870s-90s
WITH--Two silver prints, one depicting a Tunisian outdoor café and the second of Algerian women's attire, the images measuring 9x6¾ and 10x7¾ inches (22.9x17.1 and 25.4x19.7 cm.), each with a photographers' credit, title, and inventory number, in the negative. 1880s-90s

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