Caption

Wood engraving from 1849 depicting the Assela Oasis and Ksours in Algeria, typical desert architecture with a fountain or tower in the foreground and palm trees in the background, illustration, reproduction from a 19th-century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

Date

Jun 08, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H36_417

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

114.3Mb (38.1Mb) / 28.0in x 15.8in / 8410 x 4750 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted black date building village tower architecture history drawing opposite accurate plant well fountain nature Africa classic illustration depiction typical antiquity historic contrasting oasis Maghreb desert contrast restored contemporary drawn Palm tree North Africa file authentic woodcut Algeria restoration Algerian North African former vintage ksar sketch printing method replication 19th century Historic illustration Wood engraving Desert architecture no one structure precise open air classical representation town characteristic ancient times historical opposing Oasis village Maghrib Northern Africa real xylograph reconstruction nineteenth century Historical illustration No People construction exact place Maghreb States realistic woodprint ksour reproduction 1900s nobody spot genuine replica uninhabited copy empty dates buildings villages towers drawings opposites plants wells fountains illustrations depictions Altertum oases deserts contrasts Palm trees files woodcuts restorations formerly ksars printing methods 19th-century Historic illustrations classically historically Oasis villages reconstructions Historical illustrations constructions replicas on black depicting historical image history image history images Algerien restoration work vintage-styled representing