Bonfils, Félix 1831-1885 photographer. Beato, Antonio 1830-1903 photographer. Lekegian, G. active 1880-approximately 1920 photographer. Adelphoi Zangaki (Firm) photographer. still image picture still image Albumen prints-1880-1900. Portrait photographs. Photograph albums. ua 1880 monographic approximately 1880. mul 67 photographs in 1 album : albumen prints on card mount ; 35 x 51 cm

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Collection. The album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art crafts from the Museum of Gizah; Egyptian antiquities (pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics); Islamic architectures in Cairo (tombs, the Citadel, mosques and mashrabiyas); views of the streets of Cairo (hotels and bazaars); staged portraits of local people (artisans, women, peasants and musicians); the Nile river with traditional boats and ports. No Known Copyright Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Album with vellum-bound, in golden letter and ornaments. The album consists of 24 pages. Prints are pasted on both sides. On the paste-down there is a scratched ex libris "Metropolitan Museum of Art. [illegible] of the Costume Institute. [illegible] Art Worker's Club". Manuscript note "Sold and discarted in 1960s). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0096 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26485229 BIB-ID: 2830659 Islamic architecture Egypt People Egypt Portaits Egypt Antiquities Nile River Cairo (Egypt) aacr rda QAFCL 050717 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng