Group of wandering Arabs Tunis Tunisia – Antique Photo Print
![Group of wandering Arabs Tunis Tunisia, [ca. 1899]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6ccb8f384f3c-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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This rare historic print captures Group of wandering Arabs Tunis Tunisia in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Group of wandering Arabs Tunis Tunisia
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Among the many Photochrom views of North Africa on this board, this one stands out for its focus on people rather than monuments: a loose group of men identified in the record as "wandering Arabs" pausing in Tunis, Tunisia. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company's catalog F of scenic, architectural and marine views, issued in 1899, and it reflects the firm's commercial appetite for picturesque scenes of distant lands. The photochrom process, which transferred a black-and-white photograph onto multiple lithographic stones inked in different colors, gave such images a painted, postcard-like softness. Its label reflects the period's European and American habit of framing North African people as exotic types, a point worth keeping in mind when viewing it today.
| Created / published | [ca. 1899]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Subjects | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue F--Scenic Architectural and Marine Views,1899. Print no. 8494. Views of architecture and people in Tunisia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,331 × 2,518 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1703_Group_of_wandering_Arab_1899.tif-06048u |
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