The women of Algeria
Photographs showing women's traditional dress of Algeria.
Algiers, ca. 1890s.
Albumen prints: 3 cabinet cards (ca. 14 x 10 cm) and 3 cartes-de-visite (ca. 9 x 5 cm, including 1 repeat), all mounted on cardboard, two with Geiser's studio imprint.
$2,773.00
A collection of rare portraits by the Algiers-based photographer Jean Geiser (1848-1923) showing Algerian women in traditional dress, both veiled and with uncovered faces.
Occasional light staining, but well preserved.