Portrait of a boy.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: Portrait of a boy.
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Person: Photographer Alary and Geiser studio; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date of print: By 1895 Date of photograph: Circa 1890 (by 1895)
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932, uncertain
Photographic process: Print albumen paper
Dimensions: Length x Width 94 x 54 mm, Length x Width 459 x 306 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1998.201.16.3 Previous PRM number: B.1.16.c
Research and responses: The photograph was reproduced as a carte-de-visite: http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/image/005592493294880247235716/ According to Michel Megnin it was taken by the photographic duo Alary & Geiser, composed of Jean-Baptiste Antoine Alary and the Geiser family, most probably Mme Julie Geiser and later her three sons (Alary & Geiser, 'Portrait of a Black boy', circa 1860-1865). [KF 15/07/2015]

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