Young Jewish woman of Algiers, Algeria
Young Jewish woman of Algiers, Algeria. Tall turban, blue embroidered woolen dress with short sleeves over a white chemise. Demoiselle Juive d'Alger. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. and Duverger 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
14017116
Media ID
46698580
Size
4169px x 6726px
(4.9MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
T.S. and Duverger
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Algiers Archivist Auguste Wahlen Chemise Duverger Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Moeurs Pseudonym Short Sleeves Woodblock Engraving
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