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Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Oriental album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile.

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Title
Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert
Names
St. John, James Augustus, 1795-1875 (Author)
Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879 (Artist)
Collection

Oriental album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Place: London
Publisher: James Madden
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare +916.2-S (St. John, J.A. Oriental album)
Topics
Clothing and dress
Egypt
Egypt--Social life and customs
Genres
Rare books
plates (illustrations)
Notes
Statement of responsibility: llustrated from designs taken on the spot, by E. Prisse. With descriptive letter-press, by James Augustus St. John.
Physical Description
Color lithographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11704804
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed6f25c0-c6c6-012f-c032-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1795: Creator Born
  • 1851: Issued
  • 1875: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2019: Found by you!
  • 2020

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7221-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 26, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7221-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1851). Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7221-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Dromedaries Halting in the Eastern Desert