Street scene, Cairo

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Artist/Maker	Unknown (Photographer)
Place of origin	Egypt Cairo

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

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Category	Historic Cairo
Object type	Photograph
Title	Street scene, Cairo (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Albumen print Photographic Paper Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Robertson and Beato. Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, late 19th century
Physical description	A mounted albumen print showing a topographical view of Cairo, Egypt
Gallery label	(2019-2020) Photographs of mashrabiyyahs A mashrabiyyah is a decorative screen assembled from small pieces of joined wood. These were once a distinctive feature of Cairo’s streets, mainly in the form of large, protruding window enclosures on upper floors. As well as providing privacy, they also allowed the air to circulate. Residents placed their water jars inside them to keep their drinks cool. Few of these window enclosures are visible in Cairo’s streets today, but these photographs capture the drama they added to the streetscape when they were commonplace. 4. Street scene 1855 Albumen print photograph Robertson and Beato Museum no. 3480-1920
Credit line	Presented by Frank E. Spiers, Esq., 23 September 1920
Object history	One of a set of photographs given to the Museum by Frank Edward Spiers (brother of Richard Phene Spiers).
Associations	Egypt Cairo
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	3480-1920

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Record created	March 20, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1287640/street-scene-cairo-photograph-unknown/

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