Cairo: Touloun Mosque in Cairo, Tomb of Caliph, No. 21, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Cairo: Touloun Mosque in Cairo, Tomb of Caliph, No. 21

Photographer

• Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• architectural 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. 21
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Mosquée Touloun au Caire; Tombeau de Calife

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

• building
• Ibn Țulun Mosque (Cairo)
• Cairo
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Aḥmad Ibn-Ṭulun

Primary

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

Secondary

• 48C1623 dome ~ architecture
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 31D14 adult man
• 31A235 sitting figure
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure
• 31D112 child