Le Caire

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LEKEGIAN & CO., SEBAH, ZANGAKI, BEATO AND OTHERS
Le Caire
Album of 93 albumen prints. 1880s-90s. Each approx. 8 x 10 5/8in. (21 x 27cm.) or reverse. Majority signed, titled and numbered in negatives, including G. Lekegian & Co. (43), J.P. Sebah (39), Zangaki (5) and A Beato (2). Purple leather, gilt, gilt title on front cover, g.e.
Album size: 12 x 16 7/8in. (31 x 42.5cm.)

Literature

See: Osman, Egypt, Caught in Time, pp. vii, 102, pl. 126.

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Lot Essay

Varied subjects include a young saïs (stableman, illustrated), Arabs on donkeys, portrait types, costume studies, Dervishes, street merchants, street and town views, architectural and interior studies, general views of Cairo and an ostrich park.

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