The ravine III El Cantara Algeria – Vintage Wall Art
![The ravine III El Cantara Algeria, [ca. 1899]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/87/878a9499996a-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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The ravine III El Cantara Algeria comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The ravine III El Cantara Algeria
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The gorge at El Cantara, an oasis town in eastern Algeria where the Aurès mountains meet the edge of the Sahara, is the subject of this view. A river has cut deep into the rock there, and the pass became a stopping point on the route between the coast and the desert. The print is a photochrom, a Swiss process that layered hand-prepared color stones over a photographic image, and the Detroit Photographic Company used it to sell travel scenes to American buyers around 1899. Look at the sheer rock walls and the soft, saturated color bands, which show how the process rendered stone and vegetation.
| Created / published | [ca. 1899]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Subjects | Detroit Photographic Co. catalogue F--scenic architectural and marine views,c1899. Print no. 6233. Views of people and sites in Algeria |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,361 × 2,458 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 3477_The_ravine_III_El_Canta_1899.tif-05579u |
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