IDNO

P.50983.RDG

Description

Several dhows (traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails) on the Nile. The one in the foreground is loaded with hessian sacks. In the background there is a grand colonial building and a swing bridge across the river.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Northern Egypt [High Egypt]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

C. & G. Zangaki Brothers

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880 - 1900

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]