A depiction of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor" class="extiw" title="w:Moor">Moorish</a> chief. The architecture of the building in the background resembles that of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra" class="extiw" title="w:Alhambra">Alhambra</a> in Spain. The painting was probably exhibited at 1878 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(Paris)" class="extiw" title="w:Salon (Paris)">Salon</a> in Paris under the name <i>Le Gardien du serail</i> (<i>The Harem Guard</i>).
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Eduard_Charlemont" class="extiw" title="w:en:Eduard Charlemont"><span title="Austrian artist (1848-1906)">Eduard Charlemont</span></a>
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1878<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>; photographed by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Smuconlaw" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Smuconlaw">Smuconlaw</a> on 3 May 2012, 12:38.