Lot 313: AN ALBUMEN PRINT OF CAMEL RIDERS IN A DESERT LANDSCAPE AND AN ACCOMPANYING OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT LETTER

An unmounted albumen print and an accompanying manuscript document, likely dating from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The photograph depicts three figures in traditional Middle Eastern attire mounted on camels in a desert setting, with a smaller caravan and a standing figure visible in the distance. The print exhibits characteristic sepia tones and fine detail. Accompanying the photograph is a single-sheet manuscript featuring handwritten text in Ottoman Turkish script. The document includes a circular ink seal in the lower left corner and the numeral 264 at the upper right. The paper shows prominent horizontal and vertical fold lines. The style of the photograph is consistent with nineteenth-century commercial studios operating in the Levant and North Africa, such as those of the Zangaki brothers or Pascal Sebah.