Arab Collection

Palestinian women in Jerusalem, 1800s
Arab women getting water from a fountain in Jerusalem, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Arab empire, mid-700s
Empire of the Arab Caliphs, middle of the 8th century. Printed color lithograph

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Arabic inscription carved in a palace wall of the Alhambra, a medieval Moorish city, Granada, Spain. Digital photograph

Alhambra palace and reflecting pool, Granada, Spain
The Palacio del Portico within the Alhambra, a medieval Moorish city in Granada, Spain. Digital photograph

Pyramids along the Nile
Pyramids at Gizeh, with dhows on the Nile River in Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Arabs fighting tigers in the desert
Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of Arabia, 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Scene from Song of Roland
Roland blowing his warhorn in battle against the Saracens at Roncesvalle, 789 AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mideastern shepherd
Shepherd carrying a lamb in the Middle East. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Crowds at the Chicago worlds fair at night
Columbian Exposition visitors strolling along the midway at night, Chicago 1893. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

People of Lebanon
Maronite of Lebanon (left), armed Zeibek, and Christian Lebanese woman. Antique hand-colored print

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Baghdad straddling the Tigris River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sir Richard Burton en route to Mecca, 1850s
British explorer Richard Burton disguised as a Muslim pilgrim in Arabia. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Mosque in North Africa, 1800s
Sanctuary of a Muslim mosque in North Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Arab on a camel
Arab traveling in the desert. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

Tomb of Muhammad, Medina
Tomb of the Prophet Muhammad, Medina, Arabia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Palestinian garden, 1800s
Gourds grown as a vine in an Arab garden, Palestine, 19th century. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Seaport of Sidon, Lebanon
Sidon, a chief seaport of ancient Phoenicia on the Mediterranean. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Traditionally dressed Arab men
Arab men in traditional clothing. Antique hand-colored print

Syrian women
Women of Syria, with a fellah (peasant) woman at right. Antique hand-colored print

Kurdish and Greek women
Kurdish woman (left), and women from Preveza and Chios. Antique hand-colored print

Citizens of the Ottoman Empire, 1800s
Couple from the Ottoman Empire, man from Adrianople, and a veiled woman of Salonika. Antique hand-colored print

Nasrid Palace in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain
One of the Nasrid Palaces of the Alhambra, a medieval Moorish city in Granada, Spain. Digital photograph

Bedouins
Bedouin father and his daughter. Hand-colored halftone ireproduction of a 19th-century photograph

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Bedouin messenger racing across the desert on a camel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Donkey-riders on their way to see the pyramids, 1800s
Tourists riding unruly donkeys to a picnic at the pyramids, Egypt, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Luncheon atop the Pyramid of Gizeh, 1800s
British tourists having Christmas lunch on the Great Pyramid, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Archaeologists remove artifacts from a pyramid at Dashur, Egypt
M. de Morgan lifts a golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit at Dahshur, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Excavating the Sphinx, 1880s
Excavation of ancient Egyptian structures beneath the Sphinx in progress at Ghizeh, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Tangier, Morocco, overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Busy Cairo street in the late 1800s
Street activity in the new quarter of Cairo, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Tunisians and a Greek woman, 1800s
Tunisians from Monastir and a woman from Thessaly, Greece. Antique hand-colored print

Women and a man-servant of Egypt, 1800s
Tambourine player, Muslim woman water-carrier, and an African servant, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print

Bedouin, Muslim woman, and a messenger in Egypt
Bedouin girl, Muslim woman selling fruit, and a messenger, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print

GAFR2A-00001
A royal procession of Sultan Abd al- Aziz IV in Morocco, 1800s. Printed color halftone reproduction of a 19th-century watercolor by A. Schneider

Barbary Pirates attacked in Algiers, 1541
Emperor Charles Vs attempt to capture Algiers, home of the Barbary Pirates, 1541. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Syrian immigrants in New York City, 1890s
Syrian neighborhood on Washington Street, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Merchants and camel caravans outside the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Busy drug bazaar in Istanbul, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Street crowded with merchants in Istanbul, Turkey, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bethlehem in the 1800s
Bethlehem from the north, with the Church of the Nativity and convents, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Lebanese prince and a Damascus man
Prince of Lebanon (left) and a Muslim man from Damascus smoking a water pipe. Antique hand-colored print

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Druse farmer plowing with a team of oxen, Middle East. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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View of Mosul, Iraq, from the Tigris River, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Bridge over the Tigris River at Baghdad, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Syrians and an Arab from Baghdad
Syrian man (left), woman of Damascus, and an Arab from Baghdad. Antique hand-colored print

PMYT2A-00035
Sinbad and his companions shipwrecked, from the 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Sinbad studying with scholars in India
Sinbad the Sailor in the society of the learned Indians, from the Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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