IDNO

P.50982.RDG

Description

Cafe and street scene in Cairo of an elaborately carved open doorway. Three men are visible in the interior and one man holding a cane site outside on a wooden bench. They all wear white turbans and tunics. Birdcages and an oil lamp hang around the entrance.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Cairo

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Bonfils, Paul Felix

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1867 - 1885

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now marked C239/ which was inside the wooden drawer I.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 2/7/2007]