Mosque of Kait Bey before Restoration, Cairo

About the Artwork

Title Mosque of Kait Bey before Restoration, Cairo

Artwork Date ca. 1882

Artist Pascal Sébah

Life Dates active ca. 1823-1886

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Turkish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Albumen print

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

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1988.108

Copyright Public Domain