Title
|
Vierte Ansicht der Stadt Mekka Fourth view of the city of Mecca |
Subject
|
|
Description
|
View over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays . Photograph is the right section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III and IV. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 5 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (V). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0273-0005, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24553955, BIB-ID: 2624938 |
Contributor
|
Snouck Hurgronje C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 (author.) ʻAbd al-Ghaffār al-Sayyid (photographer.) |
Date
|
1889 |
Format
|
1 photograph : collotype print on mount ; image 19 x 24,4 cm, sheet 27 x 36,3 cm, unmediated, sheet |
Identifier
|
QNL:00019691
|
Language
|
ger |
Relation
|
Bilder aus Mekka |
Coverage
|
Mecca (Saudi Arabia), 1880-1890, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), 1880-1890 |
Rights
|
No Known Copyright |
Reference
|
Catalogue Link |