“ Fromentin was one of the earliest pictorial interpreters of Algeria, having been able, while quite young, to visit the land and people that suggested the subjects of most of his works, and to store his memory as well as his portfolio with the picturesque and characteristic details of North African life. ”

“ Among his more important works are—“La Place de la brèche à Constantine” (1849) ; “Enterrement Maure” (1853) ; “Bateleurs nègres” and “Audience chez un chalife” (1859) ; “Berger kabyle” and “Courriers arabes” (1861) ; “Bivouac arabe,” “Chasse au faucon,” “Fauconnier arabe” (now at Luxembourg) (1863) ; “Chasse au héron” (1865) ; “Voleurs de nuit” (1867) ; “Centaures et arabes attaqués par une lionne” (1868) ; “Halte de muletiers” (1869) ”