Donkeys, People, People--Egypt--Portaits, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Egypt--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Portraits
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is captioned, numbered (735) and signed "Bonfils" in the negative. Main Heritage Display... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is captioned, numbered (735) and signed "Bonfils" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0070 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26481984 BIB-ID: 2830543 Show less
Agriculture, Agriculture--Egypt, People, People--Egypt--Portaits, Peasants, Peasants--Egypt--Portaits, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Egypt--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Portraits
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is captioned, numbered (628) and signed "Bonfils" in the negative. Main Heritage Display... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is captioned, numbered (628) and signed "Bonfils" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0072 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26482009 BIB-ID: 2830547 Show less
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... Show moreThe 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. 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 Show less
Photographs show two young water carriers and one blind beggar. Both these subjects were very common in Orientalism painting. Alexandre Brignoli... Show morePhotographs show two young water carriers and one blind beggar. Both these subjects were very common in Orientalism painting. Alexandre Brignoli was an Italian professional photographer active in Cairo between 1860 and 1870. His studio was based at the Hôtel du Commerce and his production almost exclusively consists of Orientalist portraits. His work seemed to be more aimed at artists than almost any other commercial work in the Middle East and North Africa. See Ken Jacobson Odalisques & Arabesque: Oriental Photography 1839-1925, Quaritch, London, 2007. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0256 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25237755 BIB-ID: 2686962 Show less
