Costumes of the Islamic people of Senegambia, 18th century
Costumes of the Islamic people of Senegambia, 18th century. He wears a tunic and carries a musket and sword; she wears a long robe, shawl and hibab. A Moor, Moorish woman. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve's l'Afrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821
Picture No
13135815
Media ID
45785004
Size
3500px x 6316px
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Credit
Florilegius
Source
Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneu
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Description Enslaved Frederic Geoffroy Manners Mauritania Moors Sahara Senegal Senegambia Shoberl Stipple Villeneuve
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