16th Jul, 2026 11:00

Photographica
 
Lot 41
 

Hyppolyte Arnoux (active 1860s-1880s), Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), and others
Views of Egypt, c.1870s-1890s

An album of 71 albumen prints, image size 16 x21cm (smallest) to 23 x29cm (largest), pasted down recto/verso onto album pages, overall measuring 32 x46cm, most numbered, titled, and signed in the negative. Photographers include Hyppolyte Arnoux (active 1860s-1880s), Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), Gabriel Lekegian (1853- c.1920); Zangaki Brothers (active 1860s-1890s); Antonio Beato (1820-1905). Subjects include the columns of the Hator Temple, Dendera; bas-reliefs from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos; Temple of Horus, Edfu; the Ramssseum, Luxor; Abu Simbel complex; the Great Pyramid of Giza; a group portrait of men standing in front of the colossalu statue of Ramesses the Great; street views of Cairo; a general view of Cairo, showing the Mamluk tombs and the Citadel; the gate of the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, Cairo; interior of the Choubra Kiosk, Cairo; a view of Ismailia; a panoramic view of Alexandria; Fountain of Moses, Sinai; the lighthouse of Port Said, at the entrance of the Suez Canal; railway station, Port Said; Bazar, Suez; a portrait of a man at work in the fields; a caravan of camels and donkeys in the desert; among others.

Housed in red morocco leather boards.

Sold for £302

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