Lines of cast slippers & bodies bowed & raised in unison colour a mosque courtyard in Samarkand. Uzbekistan (1923)

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Lines of cast slippers and bodies bowed and raised in unison colour a mosque courtyard in Samarkand, city of Tamerlane, old centre of Asian intellectualism and, latterly, a market of the Russian Empire. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by D. Carruthers. Provenance: "Countries of the World". Type: Book illustration.

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Size: 4739px × 2818px
Location: Uzbekistan
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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