Chameau coureur (méari).
Rare and modern books
[Camels].
Algier, Claude-Joseph Portier, no date.,
Chameau coureur (méari).
Rare and modern books
[Camels].
Algier, Claude-Joseph Portier, no date.,
80.00 €
(Wien,
Austria)
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Details
- Author
- [Camels].
- Publishers
- Algier, Claude-Joseph Portier, no date.
- Keyword
- Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
- Languages
- English
Description
54 x 90 mm. Black-and-white photographic print on cardboard backing (62 x 104 mm). Captioned in French. Rare photograph of two mounted camel couriers in a desert landscape, by the celebrated French photographer Claude-Joseph Portier (d. 1910), active in Algeria in the 1860s. The picture shows one camel resting on the ground, the other standing. Featuring a bedouin tent in the background, as well as 2 bedouins sitting on the ground near the left side of the image. - Small scratch mark near the centre.
