Name of Object:

Arabs listening to a story in their camp

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

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Date of Object:

1835

Author:

Engraver: Jean-Pierre Marie Jazet; artist: Horace Vernet  (Jazet: 1788; Vernet: 1789-Jazet: 1871; Vernet: 1863)

Inventory Number:

AA-4 (JAZET, JEAN PIERRE)

Description:

Horace Vernet (1789–1863), the official painter of both Napoléon III and Louis-Philippe, was tasked with painting the "discovery" and conquest of Algeria. Various images of Algeria were published in the illustrated press in order to acquaint the French with Algeria and feed the narrative of a peaceful conquest. This idyllic painting of a group storytelling was very popular in the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1834, and was reproduced by the engraver Jean-Pierre Marie Jazet in order to ensure its wider diffusion in the national press.

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Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

AA-4 (JAZET, JEAN PIERRE)

Citation of this web page:

"Arabs listening to a story in their camp" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;67;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 067