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1870-1899 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted sepia-coloured topographical photograph of Cairo, Egypt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by B. Facchinelli, captioned 'Cairo: Street. Rue Gamalieh', [and the entrance of the Wikala of Uda Pasha buit in 1673]. Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, 1870-1899
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured topographical photograph of Cairo, Egypt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.7cm
  • Width: 33.1cm
Measurement includes card mount
Marks and inscriptions
Translation
شارع الجمالية ومدخل وكالة أوده باشا
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 Many were later 'withdrawn' as duplicates
Places depicted
Associations
Associated object
916-1917 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Survey of Egypt, Index to Map of Cairo showing Mohammedan monuments (Cairo, 1951) no.19
Other number
19 - Index of Islamic Monuments in Cairo
Collection
Accession number
897-1917

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Record createdAugust 21, 2014
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