Tobacco and Pipe Shop, Cairo, 19th century

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

Albumen print

  • Image: 10 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (26.4 × 20.6 cm) Mount: 15 3/4 × 12 5/8 inches (40 × 32.1 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

1988.107

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

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

Inscribed, in the negative, lower left: No. 552 Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs. Inscribed, in ink, on the mount, lower center: Tobacco and pipe dealers, Egypt.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Pascal Sébah, Tobacco and Pipe Shop, Cairo, 19th century, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 1988.107.