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A large collection of photographs of Egypt and Syria by photographers including Gabriel Lekegian, Félix Bonfils Zangaki brothers, Pascal Sébah and Hippolyte Arnoux Egpyt and Syria, circa 188063 albumen prints, many inscribed on negative, 37 mounted on card, many with contemporary identifying inscriptions on mounts, 23 unmounted, loose; 3 views of Sri Lanka, mounted on card 250 x 355 mm. (mounts) and slightly smaller(44)FootnotesThe subjects of the photographs are as follows: Unmounted: - two Egyptian women carrying water by Felix Bonfils - a boy riding a donkey, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - the Mosque of Abu Bakr Ibn Muzhir, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - the tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - metalwork retailers on Nahassin Street, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - a religious procession, Cairo by Zangaki - mihrab and minbar of the Amir Aqsunqur Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - pottery sellers, Cairo - a water carrier, Cairo - mihrab of the Qalawun Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - Sultan Qaytbay Mosque, Cairo by Pascal Sébah - Sultan al-Zahir Barquq mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - mihrab of the Qalawun Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - tomb of the Qalawun Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - interior of the Qalawun Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - qibla and minbar of the Qalawun Mosque, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - Sultan al-Ghuri Mosque interior, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - the Citadel and the Tombs of the Mamluks, Cairo - Khan-el-Khalili street bazaar, Cairo by Pascal Sébah - street bazaar, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - Arab house, Cairo by Gabriel Lekegian - Port Said - women and children on a donkey cart, Cairo by Felix Bonfils Mounted: - portrait of Fellahin Women, Lower Egypt - the banner of Wad El Nejumi (the Mahdi) - interior and minbar of the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo by Hippolyte Arnoux - villagers at Kafr el Lait in lower Egypt - the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo by Zangaki - an Egyptian girl - the Arab cemetry and Tagoog Heights - the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo by Hippolyte Arnoux - the Citadel and the Tombs of the Mamluks, Cairo - Egyptian women - Beduin Arabs with their camels, Syria - the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek, Syria by Felix Bonfils - door of the temple of Baalbek, Syria by Felix Bonfils - Columns in the Temple of Esneh by Pascal Sebah - Statue of Ramses at the Mortuary Temple of Ramses by Pascal Sébah - the Colossi of Memnon by Felix Bonfils - the Pyramid of Djoser - the cemetry at Tagoog - the steamboat Semneh on the Nile - The Temple of Edfu by Pascal Sébah - the Mortuary Temple of Ramses II - the Mortuary Temple of Seti I at Thebes by Pascal Sébah - the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu by Pascal Sébah - the Temple of Edfu by Pascal Sébah - Beirut from the sea by Bonfils - the bathing place at Jebel Tagoog, Aswan - Egyptian Army encampment at Khor Moussa Pasha, Northern Sudan - the Temple of Isis at Philae - Jebel Tagoog, Aswan from the river - the Mustapha Pasha Palace, Ramleh - the Temple of Edfu by Pascal Sébah - Korosko on the Nile - the Temple of Isis at Philae - hieroglyphics on the wall of the temple of Edfu - the second cataract of the Nile at Wadi Halfa, Northern Sudan - the Suez Canal - street scene (Sri Lanka) by Skeen & Co. - boats at Colombo (Sri Lanka) by Skeen & Co. - Lake Gregory at Nuwara Eliya (Sri Lanka) by Skeen & Co.