Souk el Sillah, Cairo Street, No. 26, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Souk el Sillah, Cairo Street, No. 26

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 rechts auf der Fotografie: W. Hammerschmidt N. 26
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Souk el Sillah; Rue du Caire

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

• street scene
• Souk al Silah (Cairo)
• building
• Cairo
• woman
• man
• group of people

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 48C1 architecture
• 61F(SOUK AL SILAH (Kairo)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SOUK AL SILAH (Kairo))
• 25I141 street
• 61E(CAIRO) names of cities and villages (CAIRO)

Secondary

• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41A382 bay-window, oriel