Moorish man in turban, jacket, culottes, holding
Moorish man in turban, jacket, culottes, holding a cane, Algiers, Algeria. The Moors were descendants of ancient Mauritania and Numidia. More d'Alger. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium
Picture No
14017131
Media ID
46699081
Size
4714px x 8030px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
T.S
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Algiers Archivist Auguste Wahlen Culottes Descendants Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Mauritania Moeurs Moor Moors Numidia Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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