Name of Object:

Interior of a Moorish Palace, Algiers

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Romanticism

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Nacional del Romanticismo

Date of Object:

1844

Author:

Painter: Thomas Allom; engraver: Ebenezer Challis

Inventory Number:

MR3831

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper; ink; steel engraving

Dimensions:

20 x 27 cm

Provenance:

England, London

Description:

This engraving is an example of an illustration travel book in the 19th century. These books offered readers a view of exotic and distant lands through richly detailed illustrations. Thomas Allom (1804–1873), the painter of this engraving, was a topographical illustrator who travelled to East Mediterranean, North Africa and China. Allom was also architect, hence the description of the architectural details in “The interior of a Moorish palace in Alger”.

Citation of this web page:

Carmen Linés Viñuales "Interior of a Moorish Palace, Algiers" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;37;en

Prepared by: Carmen Linés Viñuales
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 037