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Mosque of the Sultan Barkook, Eastern Cemetery, Cairo

published 1862
19th century
161 x 231 mm (6.3 x 9.1 in.)

Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume

Series: from Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine

Edition: As published in the album "Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine: Supplementary Volume” (London: William Mackenzie), 1862

Marks: Printed on mount: “MOSQUE OF THE SULTAN BARKOOK / Eastern Cemetery, Cairo.”; printed on mount, lower right below image: “Frith, Photo.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “10”; inscribed in pencil, lower right corner: “Frith 148”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Collector’s stamp of Weston J. Naef in red on verso of album’s frontispiece

Bibliography: Douglas R. Nickel, Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004).

Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010

Accession Number: 2010.15.3

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Africa*, Cairo*, cemeteries, death, Egypt*, graves*, mosques, religious buildings, travel photography

Africa - TGN 7001242
Cairo - TGN 7001215
cemeteries
death
Egypt - TGN 7016833
graves - Excavations in the earth used for burial; for constructions raised over or around burial sites, use "tombs." [April 1993 related term added.]
mosques
religious buildings
travel photography

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image Dimensions: 161 x 231 mm (6.3 x 9.1 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Mosque of the Sultan Barkook, Eastern Cemetery, Cairo, published 1862. From Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume. image : 161 x 231 mm (6.3 x 9.1 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 312 x 433 mm (12.3 x 17 in.). DAC accession number 2010.15.3. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010.

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