Légende

Six reproductions of photographed faces from Egypt, Faces from Egypt, album page, reproduction, photomechanical print, These prints are part of an album., inscription: 'Series 17.', after photo by anonymous, Egypt, publisher: BJ Lindeboom & Zonen, Amsterdam, 1905 - 1906, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 300 mm x width 238 mm, Such prints were known as 'little blacks'. They were obtained when purchasing certain brands of tea, cocoa, cigarettes, biscuits, etc. for collecting. There were collector albums in circulation specially produced for the 'blacks'., city-view in general, 'veduta', Ottoman Empire, Cairo (city), Nile, Heliopolis, A cream colored album page with decorative rectangular photo mounts arranged in a grid, each mount holding a black and white vertical photograph showing architectural scenes and street views; the top row shows a domed building and minaret in the left photo, a sailboat on a river in the center, and a tall obelisk with surrounding trees in the right; the middle row contains three additional narrow street and building scenes visible through their mounts, and the lower row shows more vertical architectural and street images, all photographs secured by photo corners and framed by thin dark borders against the pale background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A80_022

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49.2Mo (7.1Mo) / 31.0cm x 39.7cm / 3667 x 4692 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Six reproductions photographed faces Egypt Faces album page reproduction photomechanical print prints part album inscription Series 17 photo anonymous publisher BJ Lindeboom & Zonen Amsterdam 1905 - 1906 North Africa pasteboard paper collotype photogravure height 300 mm x width 238 mm little blacks obtained purchasing certain brands tea cocoa cigarettes biscuits etc collecting collector albums circulation specially produced blacks city-view general veduta Ottoman Empire Cairo city Nile Heliopolis cream colored page decorative rectangular photo mounts arranged grid mount holding black white vertical photograph showing architectural scenes street views top row domed building minaret left photo sailboat river center tall obelisk surrounding trees right middle row contains three additional narrow street building scenes visible mounts lower row vertical architectural street images photographs secured photo corners framed thin dark borders pale background