1843 Print Costume African Slave Servant Woman Algiers - ORIGINAL AFCOST TYPEWRITER2 Keywords specific to this image:

Keywords specific to this image: Dean Alvord

which depicts a praying mantis beneath a tuft of millet

Guanaco are animals similar to llamas that were used for their wool

This is an original 1926 photogravure of the door (with the Piet‡ in relief) of the Franciscan Church in Dubrovnik (Ragusa)

This is an original 1926 photogravure of the weavers houses in Canterbury

1843 Print Costume African Slave Servant Woman Algiers - ORIGINAL AFCOST TYPEWRITER2 Keywords specific to this image:"Esclave Servante a Alger." This is an original 1843 hand colored woodblock print of an African servant. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptionally rare and beautiful collection of original woodblock prints of ethnic costumes. These gorgeous prints date from the mid 19th century. They are hand colored and embellished with gum arabic (a technique used to enhance and preserve hand colored prints in special collections from this era). Prints like