Name of Object:

Caravan in a covered street in Algiers

Location:

Algiers, Algeria

Holding Institution:

Bibliothèque Nationale d’Algérie (Fonds Estampes)

 About National Library of Algeria, Algiers

Date of Object:

Unknown

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Colourised sepia lithograph

Dimensions:

284 x 385 mm (360 x 460mm including frame)

Description:

This lithograph by Théodore Frère shows the "Jennée" alley, beneath the Dey of Algiers' former residence, the "Janina". Both the palace and the alley were destroyed in 1853.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Théodore Frère (artist), Courtin (lithography), V. Adam (drawing), A. Godard (printing), in Berbrugger, Algérie historique, Pittoresque et Monumentale, Paris: J. Delahaye, 1843.

Citation of this web page:

"Caravan in a covered street in Algiers" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;dz;66;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: DZ 152