Constantine Gallery

Sylvain Charles Valee (1773-1846), Count and Marshal (engraving)

XJF375717 Sylvain Charles Valee (1773-1846), Count and Marshal (engraving) by Court, Joseph Desire (1797-1865) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Valee was a distinguished French soldier and artillery commander in the French Revolutionary, Napeoleonic and Algerian Wars; made Comte by Napoleon in 1814 after successful campaigns in Spain; retained by Louis XVIII after the Boourbon restoration and reorganised the French artillery (known as the Valee system); in 1837 sent to Algeria where after his capture of Constantine he was given the baton of a Marechal de France and appointed Governor General 1837-40;); French, out of copyright

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Constantine, Algeria, 1936

Constantine, Algeria, 1936. Constantine is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. During the Roman period it was called Cirta and was renamed Constantina in honor of emperor Constantine the Great. From a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the S.S. Arandora Star, which began 9th April, 1936

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Ali Ben Ahmed, the Last Caliph of Constantine, with his Entourage outside Constantine

XIR212507 Ali Ben Ahmed, the Last Caliph of Constantine, with his Entourage outside Constantine, 1845 (oil on canvas) by Chasseriau, Theodore (1819-56); 259x325 cm; ChA?teau de Versailles, France; (add.info.: chief of the Harakta tribe; painted during visit to Paris; Chasseriau met the Caliph while in Paris; khaliphe; escorte;); French, out of copyright

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