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10095.g.34(2)
- Record Id:
- 040-003235333
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003235331
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026869721.0x0006dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10095.g.34(2)
- Title:
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Cairo with distant view of the Pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View across the rooftops of Cairo, towards the pyramids of Giza in the far distance: 'This view is taken from a still greater elevation than the last, from the top of a house, probably in the citadel. nearly in the centre of the picture the three great pyramids of Gizeh break the horizontal line of the Lybian desert; and below the second the head of the Sphinx is just discernible. More to the left, over Old Cairo, the Nile is seen; and in the barren plain, between the river and the more distant houses, a faint streak marks out the direction of the aquaduct which conveys water to the ancient well of the citadel...Conspicuously prominent in the foreground is one of those contrivances called a malakef, a sloping shed of boards directed towards the north or north-west, to arrest and conduct to an open apartment below, the cool breezes which generally blow from these quarters. In the present example the side planks are wanting.'
Stereoscopic pair.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003235331
040-003235333 - Is part of:
- 10095.g.34 : Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia. Illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs, taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and…
10095.g.34(2) : Cairo with distant view of the Pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003235331[0002]/040-003235333
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 10095.g.34
- 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:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1860
- Date Range:
- 1859-1860
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 70 mm x 146 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Photographic Types and Formats
Stereographs - Places:
- Cairo, Egypt