2-799-120 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Slave of the harem, 1844. North African female musician: '...the harem, that favourite and almost sole seat of oriental luxury, which is generally inaccessible, and can only, by some particular chance, be seen by Europeans....there are many slaves employed in the harem, for the gratification of its inmates'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.