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Name of Object:

Vue d'Alger

Location:

Algiers, Algeria

Holding Institution:

Musée National des Beaux-Arts

 About National Museum of Fine Arts, Algiers

Date of Object:

1816

Author:

Hayter, Benjamin (19th century, France)

Inventory Number:

IG 1222

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Colourised lithography

Dimensions:

52.9 x 48.8 cm

Description:

These two original lithographs depict the city of al-Jaza'ir (Algiers) prior to the English bombardment led by Lord Exmouth on 26 August 1816. The regency was ruled first by the Beylerbeys (general governors) from 1518 to 1587, then by the Pashas from 1587 to 1659, the Aghas from 1659 to 1671 and the Deys from 1671 to 1830. The reign of the final Dey of Algiers, Hussein, lasted 12 years until the French conquest in 1830.

Citation of this web page:

Dalila Orfali "Vue d'Alger" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;dz;17;en

Prepared by: Dalila Orfali
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: DZ 044