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Rare photograph of three men praying in the Sahara

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALGERIA].
Sahara Algérien - la prière.
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 21 x 27.5 cm). Mounted on grey/green cardboard (ca. 28 x 39 cm), with a black border around the albumen print. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] photograph.
€ 400
Large format albumen print showing three Arabic men at prayer in the Algerian desert. The image is numbered and titled in the negative, and signed with the initials "ND", a photographer who is otherwise unknown. The present photograph is part of a series of images of the same three men in various praying positions. On the present work they demonstrate ruku, the bowing position.
The cardboard is slightly discoloured, scratched along the top margin, with creased lower corners. The albumen print itself is slightly creased and scratched (only visible in raking light), with some insect droppings in the top right corner. Otherwise in very good condition.
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