Gamaliyya street and the wakala of Uda Pasha, Cairo
Photograph
1870-1899 (photographed)
1870-1899 (photographed)
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A mounted sepia-coloured topographical photograph of Cairo, Egypt.
Object details
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| Title | Gamaliyya street and the wakala of Uda Pasha, Cairo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by B. Facchinelli, captioned ‘Street -Rue Gamalieh’ [and the wakala of Uda Pasha], built in 1673. Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, late 19th century. |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-coloured topographical photograph of Cairo, Egypt. |
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| Gallery label | Photography as art
Cairo was one of the most photographed cities in the world in the 19th Century. The photographs shown here were originally collected by the museum to inspire British artists, designers, scholars and architects, but they are now seen as artworks in their own right. Photographers such as Facchinelli, Sébah, Robertson and Beato, Good and many others made use of Cairo’s distinctive architecture to make arresting images of the widely-admired city.
3. Gamaliyya street and the wikala (merchant’s inn) of Uda Pasha
About 1870-87
Beniamino Facchinelli
Museum no. 916-1917
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| Credit line | Presented by Harold Wallis, Esq., 28 August 1917 |
| Object history | Part of a group of originally 191 photographs presented by Harold Wallis, Esq. of Purley, 28 August 1912. Many were later 'withdrawn' as duplicates |
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| Other number | 19 - Index of Islamic Monuments in Cairo |
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| Accession number | 916-1917 |
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| Record created | January 30, 2014 |
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