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Maker(s):Frith, Francis
Culture:British (1822 - 1898)
Title:Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, Algiers
Date Made:ca 1872
Type:Photograph
Materials:albumen print
Place Made:Algeria
Measurements:mount: 14 7/8 x 12 in.; 37.7825 x 30.48 cm; image: 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.; 20.955 x 16.1925 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1982.38.414
Credit Line:Purchased with Hillyer-Tryon-Mather Fund, with funds given in memory of Nancy Newhall (Nancy Parker, class of 1930) and in honor of Beaumont Newhall, and with funds given in honor of Ruth Wedgwood Kennedy
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
church; religious building; basilica; French title: "Algiers. Notre Dame de l'Afric"; Afrique; Algiers; Probably right after its construction (which took 14 years) ca. 1872; architect: Jean-Eugene Fromageau; Founded by: Charles Lavigerie; Neo-Byzantine Style; Domes, crucifix, cross, basilica, catholic, Inscription on Apse reads: "Notre Dame d'Afrique, priez pour nous et pour les Musulmans" = "Our Landy of Africa, pray for us and for the Muslims".

Subjects:
Photography--Printing processes--Albumen

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