Cairo: Citadel, view from the North, No. 13, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Cairo: Citadel, view from the North, No. 13

Photographer

• Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• documentary 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 rechts auf der Fotografie: W. Hammerschmidt N. 13
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Citadelle du Caire; vue du Nord

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient holdings. Acquired in the 19th century

Genre

• architecture
• city view

Main Motif

• cemetery
• Saladin Citadel (Cairo)
• Mosque of Muhammad Ali (Cairo)
• building
• Mokattam
• Cairo

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Muhammad Ali (governor of Egypt)
• Saladin (Sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty)

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 48C1 architecture
• 12I61 temple, shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism
• 61F(MUHAMMAD-ALI-MOSCHEE (Kairo)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (MUHAMMAD-ALI-MOSCHEE (Kairo))
• 61F(ZITADELLE VON SALADIN (Kairo)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (ZITADELLE VON SALADIN (Kairo))
• 45K13 fortress

Secondary

• 61D(MUKATTAM (Kairo)) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (MUKATTAM (Kairo)) (MUKATTAM (Kairo))
• 61E(CAIRO) names of cities and villages (CAIRO)
• 48C1623 dome ~ architecture
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41A54 fence, wall, paling
• 25D23 sand (soil type)