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 is pulling in to the Bay Of Algiers and fashionable passengers, both young and old, are on deck relishing 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.
