Images in this collection
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tombs of the Caliphs in Cairo, Caire, tombeaux des Califes, photograph, Part of Travel Album with 80 Photos of Egypt., negative number: 59 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Cairo (city), c. 1870 - c. 1898, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 222 mm x width 280 mm, grave, tomb., A sepia-toned diptych photograph showing an expansive desert scene with multiple domed stone structures and tall slender minarets rising from ruinous walls and low buildings; the left panel features a large ribbed dome on a weathered base in the foreground, smaller domes and two ornate minarets behind it, and scattered low stone walls and rubble across the sandy ground, while the right panel shows a row of domed mausoleums with patte Copyright Penta Springs LCK260621_098371
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Village with palm trees by a body of water near Cairo, Caire, village arabe, photograph, Part of Travel Album with 80 Photos of Egypt., negative number: 118 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Cairo (city), c. 1870 - c. 1898, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 223 mm x width 280 mm, prospect of village, silhouette of village, trees: palm-tree, A wide sepia-toned riverside scene shows a shoreline with mud-brick buildings and low ruined structures partially obscured by clumps of vegetation. Tall palm trees rise along the bank, some clustered and some standing alone, their fronds splayed at the tops. A pair of figures in long robes stand near the trees by the water s edge. Reflections of the trees and shoreline Copyright Penta Springs LCK260531_18191
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Men with a herd under the palm trees in Bedrechen near Cairo, Caire, Palmiers a Bedrechen, photograph, Part of a travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., negative number: 121 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Egypt, c. 1870 - c. 1898, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 221 mm x width 278 mm, trees: palm-tree, Ottoman Empire, Cairo (city), A wide scene showing a dense row of tall palm trees with textured trunks and feathery fronds along a shoreline, their trunks reflected in the rippling water in the foreground, several figures in long robes standing or walking near the water s edge, a small herd of animals grazing near the trees, patches of low vegetation and scattered bushes between the palms, and a few buildings partly vi Copyright Penta Springs LCK260531_03319
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Le Caire, Fontaine de la Validà (Egypt), Building with well in Cairo, photograph, Part of Travel Album with 80 Photos of Egypt., negative number: 80 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Cairo (city), c. 1870 - c. 1898, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 220 mm x width 281 mm, utilitarian, public pump or water fountain, A frontal view of a large ornate building facade with an upper level featuring rows of arched windows and decorative railings, and a lower level with a series of tall arches supported by slender columns leading to intricately patterned window grilles and doorways; the facade displays carved and geometric ornamentation around arches and windows, latticework balconies, and decorative friezes alo Copyright Penta Springs LCK260531_03306
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Students in the courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Courtyard and colonnade of the Al-Azhar Mosque, with students, photograph, Part of a travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., negative number: 1371 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Cairo (city), c. 1870 - c. 1898, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 224 mm x width 280 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, A wide sunlit courtyard bordered by a building with a row of tall arches and decorative round medallions above each arch, and a colonnaded portico with columns and carved capitals along one side; many people wearing long robes and head coverings sit, stand, walk, or recline across the paved ground, some grouped near the columns and others scatte Copyright Penta Springs LCK260531_03304
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Courtyard and minarets of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Cour et minarets de la mosquà e El-Azhar, photograph, Part of Travel Album with 80 Photos of Egypt., negative number: 1369 , photographer: Maison Bonfils, Cairo (city), c. 1870 - c. 1898, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 280 mm x width 218 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, An exterior view of a large ornate building with arched openings along its facade and decorative circular and pointed panel designs above each arch, a patterned crenellated parapet along the roofline, and tall slender towers rising behind it with carved and geometric detailing on their shafts and ornate balconies, one tower topped with a bulbous finial and another with a Copyright Penta Springs LCK260531_03292
