Graven van de Mamelukken, Caïro, Egypte, Francis Frith, 1856 - 1860

Title(s)

Graven van de Mamelukken, Caïro, Egypte

Object type

• photograph
• stereograph

Object number

RP-F-1999-95

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Frith 305’
• inscription: ‘395 / VIEWS IN EGYPT AND NUBIA. / Tombs of the Memlook Kings at Cairo. / Fine specimens of Saracenic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries. In some of the views, the Citadell Hill, with the mosque of Mahomed Ali, is seen in the distance. / Entered at Stationer's Hall.] / [Deposé.’

Description

Op de voorgrond de graven, op de achtergrond de stad.

Artist

• Francis Frith

Place

Great Britain

Dating

1856 - 1860

Material

• paper
• photographic support
• cardboard

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 70 mm
width 70 mm
height 70 mm
width 70 mm
height 84 mm × width 173 mm

What

• slavery; serfs and enslaved persons

Where

• Caïro

Credit line

• Gift of M.M. Boom, Leiden

Acquisition

gift 1999

Copyright

Public domain