DESIGNER UNKNOWN L'ALGÉRIE ET LA TUNISIE. Circa 1910. 41 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 105 1/2x70 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris. Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image. Mounted on linen to foam board. Framed. A ship pulls into the Bay of Algiers and fashionable passengers on deck, both young and old, relish the exotic cityscape before them. Accompanying the image is a poem by Auguste Dorchain: "Far from sadness, far from the mists, / Among the blue water and blue sky / Take me, steam ship / To the land of fiery suns." Train 155, La Mer p. 63, Suez p. 25.
