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Mosque of Mehemet Ali [Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo] 8 March 1862
Albumen print, mounted on card | 24.8 x 29.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2700861
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View of Mosque of Mohammed Ali in Cairo, Egypt. Alabaster building seen across square, with 2 tall minarets centre. Single row of columns supporting round arches lining court, left. The mosque was built in the Ottoman style between 1830 and 1848 for the son of the ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha (Mehmet Ali). The Prince of Wales and his party visited the mosque on 3 March 1862. They climbed to the roof to get a view of the town and country, and were able to see the pyramids in the distance. They also visited Mehmet Ali's tomb within the mosque (he died in 1849). The photograph is signed, captioned and dated in the negative, 'F Bedford Cairo'. The number in the Day & Son series is 10.
Provenance
Acquired by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), 1862
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print, mounted on card
Measurements
24.8 x 29.5 cm (image)
46.9 x 58.4 cm (mount)
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