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Egyptian Museum at the Giza Palace

Photograph
late 1800s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view of Cairo, Egypt


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEgyptian Museum at the Giza Palace (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by unknown photographer, captioned 'Cairo: Egyptian Museum. Courtyard' [when the museum was housed in the Giza Palace. Today, the museum was relocated to Tahrir square, the Giza palace was demolished and replaced with the Giza Zoo], Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, late 19th century
Physical description
A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view of Cairo, Egypt
Marks and inscriptions
Translation
المتحف المصرى بقصر الجيزة
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 Many were later 'withdrawn' as duplicates
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
1074-1917

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Record createdAugust 22, 2014
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