A Caravan. Kafila with a Camel Bearing a Hodesh.

7/1/13
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Traditional Arabian Costume. A caravan of camels. Kafila with a Camel Bearing a Hodesh

Kafila with a Camel Bearing a Hodesh

Kafila with a Camel Bearing a Hodesh.

(A caravan of camels has pitched their camp in an oasis)

The Oriental Album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile by James Augustus St. John (1801-1875).
Painting by Emile Prisse d’Avennes. Dedicated to the artist’s friend, the botanist George Lloyd. Engraved by Eugene Le Roux (1807-63). Published by James Madden, London 1851