Bab al-Wazir street with the Bayt al-Razzaz and the Madrasa of the mother of Mamluk Sultan Sha'ban, Cairo
Photograph
circa 1870-1890 (made)
circa 1870-1890 (made)
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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 Zangaki, captioned 'Street scene' [Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban built in 1368 and Bayt al-Razzaz built in late 15th c. and 1778], Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, c. 1870's |
| Physical description | A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view of Cairo, Egypt |
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| Object history | This photograph is part of a set collected by Canon Wallace of Bristol in the 1870's and 1880's, and presented to the museum in 1918 by Colonel Willoughby Wallace, his brother. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Survey of Egypt, Index to Map of Cairo showing Mohammedan monuments (Cairo, 1951) no.125 and no.235 |
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| Accession number | 952-1918 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2014 |
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