Album of 68 photographs of 19th century Egypt
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Author: Bonfils, Félix, Jean Pascal Sébah, et al.
Title: Album of sixty-eight photographs of 19th century Egypt
Place Published: Cairo
Publisher:
Date Published: c. 1890's
Description:
Author: Bonfils, Félix, Jean Pascal Sébah, et al.
Title: Album of sixty-eight photographs of 19th century Egypt
Place Published: Cairo
Publisher:
Date Published: c. 1890's
Description:
68 mounted photographs, mostly albumen prints but with 3 photochrom prints at rear. Photographers include Félix Bonfils, Jean Pascal Sébah, Schroeder & Cie, Photoglob Zürich, and others. Sizes vary but most measure 21.2x27 cm (8¼x10½") or vice versa. (Oblong folio) 26.5x34.5 cm (10½x13½").
A lavish album of large format orientalist photographs of Cairo, its people, and its environs; many captioned in negative. The first photograph in the album is a portrait of Abbas II the last Khedive of Egypt. The last three photographs in the album are color photochrom prints produced by Photoglob Zürich.
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Photographs vary in condition, some hints of foxing, varying amounts of fading; very good overall.
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Album of 68 photographs of 19th century Egypt
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