La Caravane du Caire, Medium: cotton Technique: printed, Toile fragment depicting scenes from Grétry's popular opera 'La Caravane du Caire' (1783) including the central slave market scene in which an Egyptian pasha chooses between an Arab and European women as potential slaves. Other vignettes include a mosque and crescent-topped obelisk, and a man leading camels., France, 1785–90, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile, Textile

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Size: 6000px × 4366px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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