Hilmiyya street and the minaret of the funerary mosque of Mamluk Amir Ulmas al-Hajib, Cairo
Photograph
1890s (photographed)
1890s (photographed)
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A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view of Cairo, Egypt
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| Materials and techniques | albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Jean Pascal Sebah, captioned 'Rue Helmieh', showing the minaret of the funerary mosque of Mamluk Amir Ulmas al-Hajib, built in 1329-30, and the minaret of the funerary complex of Sunqur al-Sa‘di (Hasan Sadaqa), built in 1315-21. Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, ca. 1890 |
| Physical description | A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view 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.
1. Hilmiyya street and the minaret of the funerary mosque of Mamluk Amir Ulmas al-Haji
Between 1880 and 1900
Jean Pascal Sébah
Museum No. PH.1315-1896
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| Object history | Given to the Museum in 1896 by Mr. Somers Clarke |
| Production | Jean Pascal Sebah, Inventory number 162 (Cairo) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Survey of Egypt, Index to Map of Cairo showing Mohammedan monuments (Cairo, 1951) no.130 |
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| Accession number | PH.1315-1896 |
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| Record created | August 22, 2014 |
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