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View of the Viceroy of Egypt’s Palace. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France Société de géographie

Portrait of a Young Woman, Ethiopia, September 1885 – November 1888 by Jules Borelli (1852–1941). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of Sir Pratab Singh, Maharajah of Orchla with his entourage, India, 1882. Photo: MNAAG, Paris, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image Musée Guimet

Malay Interor. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Bursa, Group of Workmen. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Album of photographs of the Philippines. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of a Persian Dignitary, Tehran, 1848. Photo: RMN – Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski

Dead crocodile on a boat on the Nile, Egypt, 1852. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Portrait of three Mi’kmaq Women, Newfoundland, 1857. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

A Street, Canton, China, 1870 – 1890. Lai Fong (c. 1839 – 1890). Aristotype print. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

A Tambo in the Mountains at a Height of 16,000 Feet, Andes Mountains, 1849. Attributed to Robert H. Vance (1825–1876). Full plate daguerreotype. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Emir Abd el-Kader. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Mostapha Ahmed (aged 21). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Native of Urcos. Scientific Expedition, Peru, 1864 by Émile Colpaërt (active 1858 – 1870). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of a Woman, Madagascar. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

View of the Viceroy of Egypt’s Palace. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France Société de géographie

Portrait of a Young Woman, Ethiopia, September 1885 – November 1888 by Jules Borelli (1852–1941). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of Sir Pratab Singh, Maharajah of Orchla with his entourage, India, 1882. Photo: MNAAG, Paris, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image Musée Guimet

Malay Interor. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Bursa, Group of Workmen. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Album of photographs of the Philippines. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of a Persian Dignitary, Tehran, 1848. Photo: RMN – Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski

Dead crocodile on a boat on the Nile, Egypt, 1852. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Portrait of three Mi’kmaq Women, Newfoundland, 1857. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

A Street, Canton, China, 1870 – 1890. Lai Fong (c. 1839 – 1890). Aristotype print. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

A Tambo in the Mountains at a Height of 16,000 Feet, Andes Mountains, 1849. Attributed to Robert H. Vance (1825–1876). Full plate daguerreotype. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Emir Abd el-Kader. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Mostapha Ahmed (aged 21). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Native of Urcos. Scientific Expedition, Peru, 1864 by Émile Colpaërt (active 1858 – 1870). Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais / image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

Portrait of a Woman, Madagascar. Photo: musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN – Grand Palais image musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

View of the Viceroy of Egypt’s Palace. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France Société de géographie

16 amazing photos that are among the oldest from the Middle East, the Philippines and India

They are part of the 250 or so images that will be featured in Louvre Abu Dhabi's first photo exhibition, starting April 25

Nyree McFarlane

March 31, 2019

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