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African Collection

Background imageAfrican Collection: Design for printed textile with animals

Design for printed textile with animals
Design for printed textile with wild animals. Watercolour on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1930

Background imageAfrican Collection: Cover design, Latecoere Airlines timetable

Cover design, Latecoere Airlines timetable, serving France, Spain and Morocco. The Latecoere company was founded in 1917, and is based in Toulouse. Showing a map with routes. circa 1922

Background imageAfrican Collection: Cover design, Sabena airmail service

Cover design, Sabena airmail service, between Belgium and the Congo in five days. Showing part of the globe with a red line marking the route. March 1935

Background imageAfrican Collection: Air Mail to Africa Poster

Air Mail to Africa Poster
Poster, Air Mail to Africa, showing two Africans looking up at airliner G-ABPI. 20th century

Background imageAfrican Collection: Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Background imageAfrican Collection: Dynamite explosion, South Africa mine

Dynamite explosion, South Africa mine

Background imageAfrican Collection: Elephants Fighting

Elephants Fighting

Background imageAfrican Collection: PLM Poster, Touring Club de France

PLM Poster, Touring Club de France, advertising rail travel to Algeria and Tunisia. Showing a man riding a camel in the desert. 20th century

Background imageAfrican Collection: Huntley & Palmers Advertisement

Huntley & Palmers Advertisement
Advertisement for Huntley and Palmers Biscuits (of Reading & London) - original lithograph poster printed by W H Smith. Date: circa 1898

Background imageAfrican Collection: Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition

Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. With special instructions not to miss the Gold Coast section. 1924

Background imageAfrican Collection: Black mine workers, South Africa

Black mine workers, South Africa

Background imageAfrican Collection: Boer volunteers drilling

Boer volunteers drilling, Market Square Johannesburg, South Africa

Background imageAfrican Collection: Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 108, June 1931

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 108, June 1931
Illustration Sois belle et tatouee by Leclerc from Paris Plaisirs number 108, June 1931 Date: 1931

Background imageAfrican Collection: Market, Johannesburg, South Africa

Market, Johannesburg, South Africa

Background imageAfrican Collection: Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too

Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939

Background imageAfrican Collection: Girl in traditional costume, Egypt

Girl in traditional costume, Egypt
Girl in traditional costume, including a translucent white blouse and a necklace, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street barbers, Egypt

Street barbers, Egypt
Street barbers at work, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Lepers begging, Egypt

Lepers begging, Egypt
Three lepers begging, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Old Mosque, Egypt

Old Mosque, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Algerian man with gun

Algerian man with gun. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Muslim men at prayer, Egypt

Muslim men at prayer, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Sphinx and pyramid, Egypt

Sphinx and pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramids at Giza, Egypt

Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Sais Courant footmen, Egypt

Sais Courant footmen, Egypt
Two footmen of a horse-drawn carriage known as a Sais Courant, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Kabyle man, Algeria, North Africa

Kabyle man, Algeria, North Africa

Background imageAfrican Collection: Egyptian man and boys

Egyptian man and boys. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramids, Egypt

Pyramids, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Men with carrying chair, Egypt

Men with carrying chair, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Moving Cleopatras Needle, Cairo, Egypt

Moving Cleopatras Needle, Cairo, Egypt. It was one of three which went to London, Paris and New York respectively during the 19th century. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Cleopatras Temple, Erment, Egypt

Cleopatras Temple, Erment, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: View of Cairo, Egypt

View of Cairo, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: People climbing a pyramid, Egypt

People climbing a pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Men at a street cafe, Egypt

Men at a street cafe, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: View at Karnak, Egypt

View at Karnak, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street bazaar, Cairo, Egypt

Street bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Camels and pyramid, Egypt

Camels and pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Nile barge, Egypt

Nile barge, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Portico of the Temple at Dendera, Egypt

Portico of the Temple at Dendera, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Well-dressed Algerian man

Well-dressed Algerian man. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Colossi of Memnon, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Man winnowing corn, Egypt

Man winnowing corn, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Boat at Qasr Ibrim on the River Nile, Egypt

Boat at Qasr Ibrim on the River Nile, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: View of the River Nile from the Quarries of Toura, Egypt

View of the River Nile from the Quarries of Toura, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Sphinx and pyramids, Egypt

Sphinx and pyramids, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Veiled women, Algeria, North Africa

Veiled women, Algeria, North Africa. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Ouled Nail women, Algeria

Ouled Nail women, Algeria

Background imageAfrican Collection: Place des Consuls, Alexandria, Egypt

Place des Consuls, Alexandria, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street scene, Cairo, Egypt

Street scene, Cairo, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramids of Dahshur, Egypt

Pyramids of Dahshur, Egypt
Pyramids of Dahshur (or Dashoor), Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt

Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street scene, Tlemcen, Algeria

Street scene, Tlemcen, Algeria

Background imageAfrican Collection: Citadel of Cairo, Egypt

Citadel of Cairo, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: European tourists outside a hotel, Egypt

European tourists outside a hotel, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Stepped pyramid, Djoser, Egypt

Stepped pyramid, Djoser, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Bare-breasted woman with pot, Egypt

Bare-breasted woman with pot, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Mosque of El Hakim, Cairo, Egypt

Mosque of El Hakim, Cairo, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Veiled woman with pots, Egypt

Veiled woman with pots, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramid, Egypt

Pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt

Climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt
People climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Mosque of Emir Akhor, Cairo, Egypt

Mosque of Emir Akhor, Cairo, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramids and Sphinx, Egypt

Pyramids and Sphinx, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: People climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt

People climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Egyptian knife-grinder, Egypt

Egyptian knife-grinder, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Veiled woman mounting donkey, Egypt

Veiled woman mounting donkey, Egypt
Veiled woman mounting donkey, with help from a servant, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Woman with hookah, Egypt

Woman with hookah, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Group of Egyptian women

Group of Egyptian women
Group of three Egyptian women in traditional costume. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street in Cairo, Egypt

Street in Cairo, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: People on the banks of the River Nile, Egypt

People on the banks of the River Nile, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Three mummies, Egypt

Three mummies, Egypt, with a living man sitting alongside. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street view, Cairo, Egypt

Street view, Cairo, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Egyptian women carrying water

Egyptian women carrying water. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx, Egypt

Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx, Egypt
Great Pyramid of Giza (or Gizeh) and Sphinx, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Egyptian woman on donkey, Egypt

Egyptian woman on donkey, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Arab courtyard scene, Egypt

Arab courtyard scene, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Pyramids of Sakkara, Egypt

Pyramids of Sakkara, Egypt. 1857

Background imageAfrican Collection: Veiled women and child, with hookah, Egypt

Veiled women and child, with hookah, Egypt
Two veiled women and a child, with a hookah, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Moorish child, Algeria, North Africa

Moorish child, Algeria, North Africa. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Lemonade vendor and customer, Egypt

Lemonade vendor and customer, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Shoeshine boy, Egypt

Shoeshine boy, Egypt

Background imageAfrican Collection: Bullock-driven water pump, Egypt

Bullock-driven water pump, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Woman with pot, Egypt

Woman with pot, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, Egypt

Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Moving Cleopatras Needle, Egypt

Moving Cleopatras Needle, Egypt -- it was one of three which went to London, Paris and New York respectively during the 19th century. circa 1870

Background imageAfrican Collection: Street market, Cairo, Egypt

Street market, Cairo, Egypt. circa 1870




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