Caption

Les Quais à Alger, Quays in Algiers, photomechanical print, number: '1563', photographer: Alexandre Leroux, Algiers, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 247 mm x width 318 mm, warehouse (, harbour), A wide city quay scene with a long colonnaded building on the left featuring repeated arched openings and balconies above, rows of awnings and railings, and multi-story buildings rising behind it; a broad street runs alongside the building filled with horse-drawn wagons, carts, and people walking or standing; to the right an open yard contains many covered loads, wooden crates and rail wagons, and several low industrial sheds and warehouses with pitched roofs; in the distance more ornate multi-story buildings and a domed structure are visible against a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A80_375

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54.1Mb (10.6Mb) / 16.7in x 12.6in / 5000 x 3779 (300dpi)

Keywords

Les Quais à Alger Quays Algiers photomechanical print number 1563 photographer Alexandre Leroux cliché maker anonymous c 1875 - c 1900 North Africa pasteboard paper collotype photoprint height 247 mm x width 318 mm warehouse harbour wide city quay scene long colonnaded building left featuring repeated arched openings balconies rows awnings railings multi-story buildings rising broad street runs alongside building filled horse-drawn wagons carts people walking standing right open yard contains covered loads wooden crates rail wagons several low industrial sheds warehouses pitched roofs distance ornate multi-story buildings domed structure visible pale sky