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1781.b.39, 9(26)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227547
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227545
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e68
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 9(26)
- Title:
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The Ezbekeeyeh, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 81.'
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View looking along a street in the quarter: 'In the north-west quarter of the city is a large irregular tract, called the 'Ezbekeeyah,' or 'Birket El-Ezbekeeyeh,' named after the Emeer El-Ezbekee. It is nearly half a mile long, and about a third of a mile broad at its widest extent. The scene here represented is well-known to European travellers, being a portion of a row of lofty houses bounding it on the north-east, and forming part of the south-western side of the great Coptic Quarter, which covers a considerable space behind. On the extreme left is the entrance to a little quarter, called the 'Radwáneeyeh,' and beyond it was the Báb-el-Hadeed, built by Saláh-ed-Deen (Saladin), a gate taken down some years since, the neighbourhood of the site of which is now the scene of the noise and bustle of a railway terminus...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227545
040-003227547 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 9 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem, and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 9(26) : The Ezbekeeyeh, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227545[0002]/040-003227547
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 9
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 170 mm x 216 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 81
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Dwellings
Houses
Street Scenes