Boulaq, Cairo Fauburg, No. 33, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Boulaq, Cairo Fauburg, No. 33

Photographer

• Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert recto unten links auf der Fotografie: W. Hammerschmidt N. 33
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Boulaque; Fauburg du Caire

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient holdings. Acquired in the 19th century

Genre

• city view
• architecture

Main Motif

• riverscape
• Nil
• Cairo-Būlāq
• Cairo
• shore
• ship
• building

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 48C1 architecture
• 61D(NILE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (NILE) (NILE)
• 25H213 river
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 61E(Cairo-Būlāq) names of cities and villages (Cairo-Būlāq)
• 61E(CAIRO) names of cities and villages (CAIRO)

Secondary

• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 41A382 bay-window, oriel
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 25G3 trees
• 25G3(PALM-TREE) trees: palm-tree
• 22C5 reflection (light in general)