Objects in the South Kensington Museum (V&A), Doors from a minbar made for Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo
Photograph
1887 (photographed)
1887 (photographed)
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A mounted albumen print showing an object from the V&A collections
Object details
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| Title | Objects in the South Kensington Museum (V&A), Doors from a minbar made for Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Messrs. Mawe & Co., Objects in the South Kensington Museum, captioned 'Mimbar, Door of Pulpit from mosque in Cairo', made by Sultan Qaytbay between 1468-1496, (Paris Exhibition, 1867), Bought (Meymar colln), Egyptian, albumen print, late 19th century |
| Physical description | A mounted albumen print showing an object from the V&A collections |
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| Object history | This photograph is from a set of photographs transferred in 1887 from the office of Robert Henry Soden Smith, (Keeper of the South Kensington Museum Library) to the photographic collection. |
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| Accession number | PH.179-1887 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2015 |
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