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Unidentified artist, 1809, Frontispiece for French Government "Description de l'Egypte" (1809-1829), Frontispiece, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/40234
Image: LL/40234
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Louis Pierson, 1861-1865, [Empress Eugénie as an Odalisque], Albumen silver print, hand-painted, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/40354
Image: LL/40354
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James Robertson, 1854 (ca), Constantinople Seraglio, Salt print, Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery, LL/39351
Image: LL/39351
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James Robertson, 1854, Constantinople. Base de l'obélisque [de théodose], Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, LL/7781
Image: LL/7781
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Sebah & Joaillier, 1880 (ca), St Sophie Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, Albumen print, Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery, LL/39357
Image: LL/39357
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James Robertson, 1852-1854 (ca), View of the Faith Mosque, Mosque of Sultan Mehmet II, Salt print, from paper negative, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/33507
Image: LL/33507
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Tancrède Dumas, 1875 (ca), View of the Mosque of Omar, from the Southwest, Jerusalem, Albumen print, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/25219
Image: LL/25219
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Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1844, 196. Jérusalem. Porta aurea., Daguerreotype, Christie's - New York, LL/39318
Image: LL/39318
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George Skene Keith, 1859, Jerusalem, Engraving, from a Daguerreotype, Google Books, LL/36016
Image: LL/36016
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Félix Bonfils, 1865 (ca), Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Albumen print, mammoth, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/27085
Image: LL/27085
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Félix Bonfils, 1878 (before), Central Passage of the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak, Egypt, Albumen silver print, National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, LL/38958
Image: LL/38958
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J. Pascal Sebah, n.d., Cleopatra's Needle, Cairo, Egypt, Albumen print, The Courtauld Institute of Art, LL/36627
Image: LL/36627
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Émile Béchard, 1880 (ca), Interieur de la Mosquee de Touloum, Cairo, Albumen print, Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, LL/30085
Image: LL/30085
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Maxime Du Camp, 1850, Nubie. Ibsamboul. Colosse médial, [Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie, tome II, pl. 106], Papier salé d'après négatif papier, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, LL/7833
Image: LL/7833
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Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours, 1841-1842 (publication), Pyramid of Cheops, [Excursions daguerriennes : vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe], Aquatint, based on a Daguerreotype, NYPL - New York Public Library, LL/33105
Image: LL/33105
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W. Hammerschmidt, 1860s, Ba'lbek, Colonnes du grande temple, vue du sud [Baalbek (Lebanon) Columns of the Great Temple, view from the south], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39425
Image: LL/39425
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David Roberts (1796-1864, artist), 1839, 8 March, El Deir, Petra, Lithograph, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/40270
Image: LL/40270
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Louis Vignes, 1864, Khasnet-Jiroun, Petra, Albumen print, glass negative, Studios Robespierre, Serge Plantureux, LL/19692
Image: LL/19692
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Frank Good, 1870 (ca, taken) 1885 (ca, print), Cedars of Lebanon, Albumen print, Private collection of Steven Evans, LL/26304
Image: LL/26304
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Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855, Restoration of the Great Sphinx from the Louvre, [Rebuilding the Crystal Palace], Photographic print, British Library, LL/40209
Image: LL/40209
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Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855, Interior of the Egyptian Museum, with the Philae Portico, [Rebuilding the Crystal Palace], Photographic print, British Library, LL/40197
Image: LL/40197
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Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855, Workshop of the Egyptian Court, Restoration of Monuments, [Rebuilding the Crystal Palace], Photographic print, British Library, LL/40227
Image: LL/40227
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1910 (ca), Femmes voilées en promenade dans les rues de Tunis, Silver print (Tirage argentique d'époque), Photo Verdeau, LL/39892
Image: LL/39892
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Unidentified photographer, 1900 (ca), Portrait of an Algerian courtesan [Portrait d'une courtisanne algérienne], Tirage argentique original réhaussé, Photo Verdeau, LL/39827
Image: LL/39827
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Geiser, 1890 (ca), A street in Algiers, Algeria [Rue à Alger, Algérie], Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39829
Image: LL/39829
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Unidentified photographer, 1889 (ca), Homme prenant la pose, Algérie, Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39835
Image: LL/39835
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Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), Mauresque boy [Garçon mauresque], Carte de visite, hand-coloured, Private collection of Michel Mégnin, LL/29457
Image: LL/29457
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James Robertson, 1850s (early), A Turkish Man, Constantinople, Salt print, overpainted, Daniella Dangoor, LL/22737
Image: LL/22737
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Félix Bonfils, 1870 (ca), Sakkas, vidant leurs outres (Egypt), Albumen print, hand-coloured, Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius), LL/26080
Image: LL/26080
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Paul Famin, 1880 (ca), Caid's son [Fils de ca´d], Carte de visite, Private collection of Michel Mégnin, LL/29458
Image: LL/29458
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Auguste Maure, 1880, The flute player [Joueur de flute], Albumen print, Private collection of Gilles Dupont, LL/29569
Image: LL/29569
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Pascal Sebah, 1880 (ca), [Water carrier], Albumen print, Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, LL/30086
Image: LL/30086
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W. Hammerschmidt, 1870, Vendeur de Couvertures (Cloth vendor), Egypt, Albumen print, Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius), LL/31979
Image: LL/31979
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Hippolyte Délié, 1865 (ca), Moslems at Prayer, Carte de visite, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30956
Image: LL/30956
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John Benjamin Stone, 1907, Boys in the Fair, Luxor, Egypt, [Egypt], Platinotype, Birmingham Central Library, LL/29714
Image: LL/29714
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Garrigues, 1880 (ca), NO.614 Tunis, Intérieur des Souks (dans l'image), Albumen print, Vintage-Photos, LL/32612
Image: LL/32612
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Clara Whitcomb, 1898-1899, Page from diary, Private collection of Barbara Levine / projectB.com, LL/25327
Image: LL/25327
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Underwood & Underwood, 1900 (ca), V33628 From the Orient Once Came the Finest Blades - a Sword Maker of Damascus, Syria, Stereocard, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30975
Image: LL/30975
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A. Cavilla, 1880 (ca), Market day, Tangier, Morocco [Maroc. Tanger, le jour du marché], Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39909
Image: LL/39909
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Marius Maure, n.d., Biskra - Grande fete arabe (Maure, phot, Biskra 078), Postcard, Private collection of Gilles Dupont, LL/27341
Image: LL/27341
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Zangaki Brothers, 1880 (ca), Bazar de cannes à sucre (Sugar cane shop), Egypt, Photograph, hand-coloured, Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius), LL/26065
Image: LL/26065
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1920 (ca), Une partie de cartes, Heliogravure, Photo Verdeau, LL/39902
Image: LL/39902
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Ziegler, 1880 (ca), [Turkish musicians]. Musicians Arabe., Albumen print, Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, LL/30120
Image: LL/30120
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Abdullah frères, n.d., The procession of troops accompanying the Sultan of Turkey's carriage on its way to the mosque, Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/25611
Image: LL/25611
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Emile Fréchon, 1880 (ca), Portrait of a young woman, Algeria [Portrait d'une jeune femme, Algérie], Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39838
Image: LL/39838
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A. Cavilla, 1875 (ca), Jeune femme voilée, Maghreb, Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39920
Image: LL/39920
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Hippolyte Arnoux, 1875 (ca), Untitled (Woman with a veil, Egypt), Albumen print, Galleri Balder, LL/32855
Image: LL/32855
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James Robertson, 1853 (ca), Woman in outdoor costume, Constantinople, Partially albumenized, hand-coloured salt print, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/32470
Image: LL/32470
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1920 (ca), Portrait de jeune femme voilée, Afrique du Nord, Heliogravure, Photo Verdeau, LL/39898
Image: LL/39898
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Soler Phot. (Tunis), 1880 (ca), Portrait d'une femme Juive, Tunisie, Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39926
Image: LL/39926
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Eugène Atget, 1921-1927, Femme arabe, Aristotype print on arrowroot paper, Princeton University Art Museum, LL/44635
Image: LL/44635
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Gustave de Beaucorps, 1859, Odalisque (Algeria), Albumen print, Princeton University Art Museum, LL/44662
Image: LL/44662
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1910 (ca), Conversation à la fenêtre, Afrique du Nord, Silver print (Tirage argentique d'époque), Photo Verdeau, LL/39893
Image: LL/39893
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1910 (ca), Arabian female nudes, Gelatin silver print, sepia-toned, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/32525
Image: LL/32525
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Lehnert & Landrock, 1910 (ca), Jeune fille s'étirant, Tunisie, Silver print (Tirage argentique), Photo Verdeau, LL/39899
Image: LL/39899
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Zangaki Brothers, 1870 (ca), Egypt, Albumen print, Vintage-Photos, LL/35746
Image: LL/35746
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James McDonald, 1869, Members of the Sinai Survey, [The Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, 1869], Albumen print, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/32393
Image: LL/32393
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Frederick H. Evans, 1901, F. H(olland) Day in Algerian costume, Platinum print, George Eastman Museum, LL/40230
Image: LL/40230
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F. Holland Day, 1898, [Crucifixion frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)], Platinum print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/8468
Image: LL/8468
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Francis Frith, 1857, Portrait, Turkish summer costume, Albumen print, NYPL - New York Public Library, LL/40268
Image: LL/40268
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Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), Edward W. Lane in Indian Costume, Salted paper print, George Eastman Museum, LL/35608
Image: LL/35608
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Lock & Whitfield, 1876 (ca), Captain Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), Woodburytype, Eastern Window (Jan van der Wal), LL/15004
Image: LL/15004
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Unidentified photographer, 1908 (published), Charles Doughty, Book plate, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/39513
Image: LL/39513
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Pasha and Bedouin, [Oriental], Albumen print, mounted on off-white card, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/38067
Image: LL/38067
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Effendi & Musician, [Oriental], Albumen print, mounted on off-white card, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/38071
Image: LL/38071
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Nubian water carrier with urn supported on her head, [Oriental], Albumen print, mounted on off-white card, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/38069
Image: LL/38069
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Reclining Odalisque, [Oriental], Salted paper print from glass negative, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/6321
Image: LL/6321
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Slave with fly-flapper, [Oriental], Albumen print, mounted on off-white card, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/38070
Image: LL/38070
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Roger Fenton, 1858, Turkish musicians and dancing girl, [Oriental], Albumen print, mounted on off-white card, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/38068
Image: LL/38068
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Unidentified photographer, 1880 (ca), Mise en scene de l'Abandon de Mose, Albumen print, Photo Verdeau, LL/39876
Image: LL/39876
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Carl Stockmann, 1890, The Virgin Mary (Rosa Lang), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12140
Image: LL/12140
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Unidentified photographer, 1873 (on or after), Sophia Schliemann wearing "Priam's Treasure", Albumen print, original, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/39322
Image: LL/39322
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Chusseau-Flaviens, 1900-1919 (ca), Egypte Dames de harem (le the), Negative, gelatin on glass, George Eastman Museum, LL/35701
Image: LL/35701
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Chusseau-Flaviens, 1900-1919 (ca), Egypte Dames de harem en auto, Negative, gelatin on glass, George Eastman Museum, LL/35721
Image: LL/35721
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