Bardo the lion staircase Tunis Tunisia – Vintage Photo Print
![Bardo the lion staircase Tunis Tunisia, [ca. 1899]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/44/442a1d6ff4dd-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Bardo the lion staircase Tunis Tunisia comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bardo the lion staircase Tunis Tunisia
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The lion that gives this view its title stands beside the staircase at the Bardo, the former palace of Tunis's Husainid beys, on the city's western edge. The Bardo grew over the 19th century into a place of state ceremony and government business, and its carved stone and tiled courts drew early travelers and photographers. This print is a photochrom, a process that transferred a black-and-white photograph to stone and added color by hand, so the warm tones of the stairs and walls reflect the work of the colorists as much as the light of the day. The Detroit Publishing Company issued it in its 1899 catalog of scenic and architectural views, which sold these images to tourists and armchair travelers in the United States.
| Created / published | [ca. 1899]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Subjects | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue F--Scenic Architectural and Marine Views,1899. Print no. 6256. Views of architecture and people in Tunisia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,403 × 2,512 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 211_Bardo_the_lion_staircas_1899.tif-06036u |
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