1905 Print Mary Edith Durham Mosque Skodra Shkoder Albania Balkan Peninsula

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Home ~ Affiliations ~ Discounts ~ FAQs ~ Grading and Certification ~ Premium Shipping ~ About Us Fine Art World Images Rare By Artist What's New VINTAGE ART 1905 Print Mary Edith Durham Mosque Skodra Shkoder Albania Balkan Peninsula Details Year: 1905 Type: Original Halftone Print Grade: Near Mint / Very Fine+ Authentication: Dual Certificates Image: Black / White Approximate Size (inches): 6.5 x 4.75 Approximate Size (cm): 17 x 12 Description and Condition This is an original 1905 halftone print of "Mosque at Skodra" by Mary Edith Durham. At a doctor's insistence, and in an attempt to recuperate from exhaustion due to becoming the primary caregiver to her ailing mother, at the age of 37 Durham traveled to the southern Balkans. This trip became a formative experience in Durham's life; she traveled extensively in the Balkans over the next twenty years, spending a considerable amount of time in Albania, where she became known as "Kralica e Mal�sorevet," or the "Queen of the Highlanders." Traveling as a "Sworn Virgin," an ancient Albanian custom of women who dress in men's attire and are considered a protected individuals, as well as the Albanian tradition of insuring guests' safety, Durham benefited and was able to travel extensively as a woman. During this time, she wrote seven books on Balkan affairs, customs, and culture; these writings earned her particular fame. She came to identify closely with the Albanian cause, championing the unity and independence of the Albanian people. Upon her death in 1944, Durham's work was donated to academic collections including the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and the Bankfield Museum in Halifax.CONDITIONThis 106+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine+. No creases. No natural defects.No Surface Rub.No tears. No water damage. To find other items from this specific collection in our eBay store, please This piece was illustrated by Durham, M. Edith. Artist signature in print - bottom right of image. Durham, Mary Edith Mary Edith Durham (8 December 1863 - 15 November 1944) was a British writer, artist, and traveler. She became renowned for her anthropological accounts of life in the Balkan States, especially Albania, in the early twentieth century. The daughter of a distinguished London surgeon, Durham was educated privately, developing a talent for watercolor painting and illustration before ultimately attending the Royal Academy of Arts and Bedford College in London. Durham contributed detailed illustrations to the amphibian and reptiles volume of the Cambridge Natural History (1899) and exhibited her work widely. Her work became anthropologically significant; she frequently contributed to the journal Man and became a Fellow at the Royal Anthropological Institute.Keywords specific to this image: Balkan States, Lake Shkoder, District of Shkoder, Chkoder CountyXGBA9C05 zz10000 Product Pricing & What We Deliver At times we receive inquiries about our pricing, especially for vintage advertising or historical halftone prints, and are asked why our prices are consistently higher than some other sellers of similar items. For the first five years of our business, we asked our primary consumer base what they wanted. Our primary consumers - historical societies, historians, archivists, curators, university professors, historical decorators, and collectors, etc., have diverse and specific needs and we've built our business to accommodate those needs, like no other seller worldwide. Below is what is unique about how and what we offer as the world's leader in print ephemera: Product Packaging. Every product is placed against custom black acid-free board with crystal-clear, archival protective closures. We are the only sellers in the industry who provide display-quality black boards with every item (which also make exceptional presentations for gift-giviing). Oversized engravings are protected by museum quality tubes.... read more

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