Alger, vue générale à l'entrée du port, View of the port of Algiers, photomechanical print, number: '1', address: '26 rue Bab-Azoun ALGER', photographer: Alexandre Leroux, Algiers, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900, Alexandre Leroux, photographer, cliché maker, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 247 mm x width 318 mm, harbour, A wide waterfront scene with calm water in the foreground and a rocky shoreline at the bottom edges, a small sailboat with a large triangular sail and a few people aboard positioned near the center right, a smaller rowboat with a seated person closer to the right edge, several larger moored ships and boats along the left and middle distances, a long quay with arched openings and multi-story buildings behind it stretching across the middle of the image, a densely built hillside of light-colored buildings rising behind the quay, and a person sitting on the rocks in shadow in the lower left foreground.
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Alger, vue générale à l'entrée du port, View of the port of Algiers, photomechanical print, number: '1', address: '26 rue Bab-Azoun ALGER', photographer: Alexandre Leroux, Algiers, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900, Alexandre Leroux, photographer, cliché maker, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 247 mm x width 318 mm, harbour, A wide waterfront scene with calm water in the foreground and a rocky shoreline at the bottom edges, a small sailboat with a large triangular sail and a few people aboard positioned near the center right, a smaller rowboat with a seated person closer to the right edge, several larger moored ships and boats along the left and middle distances, a long quay with arched openings and multi-story buildings behind it stretching across the middle of the image, a densely built hillside of light-colored buildings rising behind the quay, and a person sitting on the rocks in shadow in the lower left foreground.

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Alger vue générale à l'entrée du port View port Algiers photomechanical print number 1 address 26 rue Bab-Azoun ALGER photographer Alexandre Leroux cliché maker anonymous c 1875 - c 1900 North Africa pasteboard paper collotype photoprint height 247 mm x width 318 mm harbour wide waterfront scene calm water foreground rocky shoreline bottom edges small sailboat large triangular sail people aboard positioned near center right smaller rowboat seated person closer right edge several larger moored ships boats left middle distances long quay arched openings multi-story buildings stretching across middle image densely built hillside light-colored buildings rising quay person sitting rocks shadow lower foreground

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