Sujet

Slave of the harem, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Slave of the harem, 1844. North African female musician: '...the harem, that favourite and almost sole seat of oriental luxury, which is generally inaccessible, and can only, by some particular chance, be seen by Europeans....there are many slaves employed in the harem, for the gratification of its inmates'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_451

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

64,4Mo (3,6Mo) / 38,4cm x 42,0cm / 4539 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa female women woman people music arts playing musician drum drummer continent British location Victorian century musical instrument musical instruments Britain newspapers press North African B&W North Africa slavery slave harem 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown playing an instrument enslaved person