Mashrabiya Screen, Cairo
Mashrabiya Screen, Cairo

Currently not on view

Mashrabiya Screen, Cairo,

ca. 1870

Francis Frith, English, 1822–1898
x1982-282

Information

Title
Mashrabiya Screen, Cairo
Dates

ca. 1870

Maker
Francis Frith
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
21 x 16.4 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.) mount: 37.7 x 30.4 cm. (14 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Robert O. Dougan Collection, gift of Warner Communications, Inc.
Object Number
x1982-282
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt, Cairo

Marks/Labels/Seals
Captioned, lower left: Masharabick, Cairo Stamped in ink, verso lower right: Frith's Photo Pictures, The Universal Series
Culture
British
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
buildings, oriel windows, lattices

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