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Subject Mameluk Tombs (Cairo)

1. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(6)
Title:
Le Kaire. Tombeaux de Sultans Mamelouks. [Mameluk Tombs, Cairo.] Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards two of the large domed Mameluk Tombs: 'Ces tombeaux, placés à l’ouest du Kaire, sont construits en pierres d’appareil, y compris le dôme; ce qui n’a pas empêché le badigeon rouge et blanc de décorer leur extérieur. Les surfaces régulières et...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(7)
Title:
Le Kaire. Cimetière des Mamelouks. [Cemetery of the Mameluks, Cairo.] Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the cemetery, with an open-sided arched monument prominent in the foreground: 'Ce cimetière, le plus important du Kaire, contient un grand nombre de monuments funéraires plus ou moins considérables. On peut remarquer que chaque tombe est surm...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

3. 1261.d.30, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1261.d.30, 1(8)
Title:
Le Kaire. Tombeau de sultans memelouks (Vallée des Tombeaux). Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a group of domed tombs. Flaubert's travel notes record visiting the tombs on 4 December 1849, and the photograph may have been taken on that occasion (see Francis Steegmuller, 'Flaubert in Egypt' (Penguin Books, London, 1996), p. 46).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1850
Extent:
1 item

4. 1781.b.39, 7(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 7(21)
Title:
Tombs of the Memlook Sultans, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 89.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view of a group of domed tombs: 'This view is taken from a little to the north of the group of tombs around the Mosque of Káitbéy, and comprehends the chief buildings in the second group of sepul...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

5. 10076.g.1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.g.1(4)
Title:
Cairo. Tombs of the Memlooks. Photographer: Bedford, Francis
Scope & Content:
View of the Memluk Tombs, with the Mosque of Mohammed Ali on the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1296(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1296(5)
Title:
A 'Ship of the desert' passing tombs of bygone Moslem rulers outside east wall of Cairo, Egypt. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, showing a palanquin carried by two camels passing the Mameluk Tombs. Copyrighted by Underwood and Underwood, 1896.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1896
Extent:
1 item