Cairo: General view of Cairo from the Citadel, left side, N. 8, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Cairo: General view of Cairo from the Citadel, left side, N. 8

Photographer

• Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

salt print mounted on cardboard

Material

• silver (toned) particles
• paper
• cardboard

Technique

• salt paper

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert recto unten rechts auf der Fotografie: W. Hammerschmidt N. 8
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Vue générale du Caire prise de la Citadelle. Partie gauche

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

• Cairo
• Sultan Hasan Mosque (Cairo)
• building

Associated Persons and Institutions

• an-Nasir Hasan (Mamluk sultan of Egypt)

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 48C1 architecture
• 61E(CAIRO) names of cities and villages (CAIRO)
• 61F(SULTAN HASAN MOSCHEE (Kairo)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SULTAN HASAN MOSCHEE (Kairo))
• 12I61 temple, shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism

Secondary

• 48C1623 dome ~ architecture
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings