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A street in Historic Cairo

Photograph
1887-1908 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a streetscene showing a narrow street flanked by stone and wood buildings, many with protruding lattice covered windows. A donkey and men can be seen standing in the shade on the margins of the street.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • A street in Historic Cairo (generic title)
  • Rue de Buocac (published title)
Materials and techniques
Platinotype
Brief description
Photograph by G. Lekegian & Co., captioned 'Rue de Buocac' [the street name does not exist in Cairo, maybe a misspelling for Bulaq].Cairo, Egypt, platinotype, 1887-1908
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a streetscene showing a narrow street flanked by stone and wood buildings, many with protruding lattice covered windows. A donkey and men can be seen standing in the shade on the margins of the street.
Credit line
Purchased from Mr. Somers Clarke, 11 June 1896
Object history
This was originally part of a group of 35 photographs catalogued as 'Saracenic art', and bought from the architect Mr. Somers Clarke for £4 in 1896.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associations
Other number
124 - G. Lekegian & Co. inventory number
Collection
Accession number
PH.1392-1896

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Record createdAugust 21, 2014
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