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Mosque of Kait Bey before Restoration, Cairo

Mosque of Kait Bey before Restoration, Cairo, ca. 1882

  • Pascal Sébah, Turkish, active ca. 1823-1886

Albumen print

  • Image: 10 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (26 × 20.6 cm) Mount: 14 × 10 7/8 inches (35.6 × 27.6 cm)

Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

1988.108

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed, in the negative, lower right: P. Sébah Phot.

Inscribed, in the negative, lower left: Mosquée et tombeau Kait Bey.

1988-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Pascal Sébah, Mosque of Kait Bey before Restoration, Cairo, ca. 1882, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988.108.

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