Veils Gallery

Wife of a French merchant going to the baths, plate 62 from '

STC409001 Wife of a French merchant going to the baths, plate 62 from Collection of One Hundred Prints Representing the Different Nations of the Levant by Charles de Ferriol, engraved by Philippe Simonneau (1685-c.1753), 1707-08 (coloured engraving) by Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Recueil de Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations du Levant; Charles, Marquis de Ferriol (1652-1722) French ambassador for Louis XIV to the Ottoman Empire;); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

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Sultan of Tuareg Veiled people of Hoggar Mountains, Algeria

Sultan of the Tuareg Veiled people of the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. A film shot during the expedition, Crossing the Great Sahara, records the 3500 mile journey, which began in Kano, in Northern Nigeria early in 1922 and ended in Tougourt, Algeria in April 1923. Buchanan had previously led an expedition into the Sahara in 1919-1920. Date: circa 1922

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Costumes of the Prado, 1845. Creator: Smyth

Costumes of the Prado, 1845. Inhabitants of Madrid:we see the mantilla, in all its national varieties. Then, we have the military uniform, and the cloak...the passion of the people for being well-dressed is incipiently illustrated...The prevalence of dark colours is remarkable; black having always keen the favourite, the national colour of Spain. On the general character of Spain Costumes, we borrow the following lively page from Mr. Ford's admirable "Handbook of Spain": "The gentlemen in their capas mingle with the ladies in their mantillas, the white-kilted Valencian contrasts with the velveteen glittering Andalucian; the sable-clad priest with the soldier; the peasant with the muleteer: all meet on perfect equality...and all conduct themselves with equal decorum, good breeding, and propriety"'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

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