View of a moorish camp: King Ali's tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar. Ali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirror. From Mungo Park’s Travels in the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno’s Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Più Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

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