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Vues d'Algérie prises au daguerréotype
94.R.3
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Special Collections
Title: Vues d'Algérie prises au daguerréotype
Creator:
Bettinger, Théodore
Identifier/Call Number: 94.R.3
Physical Description:
22 items
(lithographs)
Date: 1847
Abstract: The collection comprises 22 daguerreotypes reproduced as lithographs of Algeria in
the 1840s primarily depicting indigenous and colonial architecture in Algiers, Constantine, Stora, Philippeville (Skikda),
Blida, and Oran.
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Language of Material:
French .
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Vues d'Algérie prises au daguerréotype, 1847.
Little is known about the French daguerreotypist, Théodore Bettinger, who worked primarily in Algeria.
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Acquired in 1994.
Vues d'Algérie prises au daguerréotype, 1847, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 94.R.3
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa94r3
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn in 2004; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council
on Library and Information
Resources (CLIR) in 2010. Finding aid revised by Guynn in 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
Twenty-two black-and-white and color lithographs of Algeria made in the 1840s emphasize indigenous and colonial architecture
in Algiers, Constantine,
Stora, Philippeville (Skikda), Blida, and Oran.
Twelve images of Algiers include panoramic views of the city taken from the ocean, the Casbah, and the port. There are views
of the Casbah from outside
the city walls, views of the port, and a view of the city walls and fortresses from the ocean. Buildings depicted include
the Djamaՙa el Djedid (Mosque
of the Fishermen's Wharf) and the Abder-Rahman mosques, buildings along the narrow rue d'Anfreville, and the interior of an
Algerian home with men
smoking in a trellis-covered courtyard. The European presence is evident in images of Europeans shopping at a market on the
Place Mahon, French soldiers
outside the city walls, and in a view of the equestrian statue in the Place du Gouvernement commemorating the French conquest
of Algeria.
Six views of Constantine and environs include panoramas of the city, buildings on a cliff above a wooded hillside; an aqueduct
running through a gorge;
a local encampment and market; and waterfalls in the Oued al Kébir (Rhumel) river.
Other images include a view of a troop of French soldiers marching in formation at the port village of Stora; a view of Philippeville
(Skikda)
emphasizing French buildings on the cliffs; a view of Blida showing the Place du marché and surrounding buildings; and a panoramic
view of Oran from the
water.
Twenty-one of the lithographs were made after daguerreotypes by the French photographer, Théodore Bettinger. One lithograph
is after a drawing by the
painter Jules-Michel Chandelier. The lithography was executed by Henri Walter (15 images); Henri Walter and Aubrun (one image);
and Jean-Jacques Champin
(six images).
Editor: Wild éditeur, 15, rue de la Banque (Place de la Bourse) Paris. Lithography: Lith. de J. Rigo, Lebref et Cie. Printer
(variously): Dubos frères
et Marest à Alger; Imp: Decan, 7, rue Richer; or: Imp. Lemercier à Paris.
Individual print titles are from the captions printed on the mounts. Lithographer and printer credits printed on the sheets
are recorded in the
individual scope and content notes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
City walls -- Algeria
Harbors -- Algeria
Lithographs -- Algeria -- 19th century
Architecture, Colonial -- Algeria
Prints, French -- 19th century
Algiers (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Prints, Algerian -- 19th century
Streets -- Algeria
Vernacular architecture -- Algeria
Islamic architecture -- Algeria
Mosques -- Algeria
Lithographs -- France -- 19th century
Algeria -- Description and travel
Constantine (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Wild
Lemercier, Alfred
Decan
Dubos frères et Marest
Aubrun
Chandelier, Jules-Michel
Champin, Jean Jacques, 1796-1860
Walter, Henri, 1934-
J. Rigo, Lebref et Cie