[ALGERIA - PHOTOGRAPHY]. PORTIER (Claude-Joseph). PICTURESQU - Lot 15

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[ALGERIA - PHOTOGRAPHY]. PORTIER (Claude-Joseph). PICTURESQU - Lot 15
[ALGERIA - PHOTOGRAPHY]. PORTIER (Claude-Joseph). PICTURESQUE ALGERIA - ALGERIAN TYPES, etc. 65 photographs in an ivy-green shagreen folder with fabric flaps and ribbons, the initials “E. G.” cold-stamped on the front cover along with the word “Algeria,” traces of ribbons on the front cover. SET OF 65 PHOTOGRAPHS on albumen paper, in various sizes, mounted on cardboard (40 × 30 cm). 49 photographs bear the generic title “Picturesque Algeria,” the photographer’s signature “C. Portier, Pho.[tographer]" and the following captions: “Algerian Types” (18 photographs), “Moorish Interior” (5 photographs), “Street in Algiers” (3 photographs), “Arab Camp (Nomads)” (2 photographs), “Boudzaréa” (3 photographs), “Algiers” (2 photographs); 16 photographs have various captions (“Moorish Café,” “Birkadem (Moorish Fountain),” “Marabout of Sidi Tacouz (Tlemcen),” etc.), and 16 photographs have neither captions nor signatures. Claude-Joseph PORTIER (1841–1910), a French photographer active in Algiers from 1863 to 1882, is considered one of the most talented photographers to have worked in Algiers. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION.
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