| Title |
Photographs of Egypt and the Sudan, 1870s-80s |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3042B |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1870–1889 |
| Extent and Medium |
34 images; Condition varying from good to poor. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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A collection of albumen prints measuring approximately 210 x 280 mm, captioned either in the negative or in pencil on the reverse. The collection contains several duplicates and appears to contain photographs from several sources. Prints 1-10 show architectural and landscape views in Egypt (Cairo, the Pyramids and the Suez Canal), the remainder are commercial ethnographical studies of native people from Egypt, the Sudan, Somalia and Abyssinia.
Photographs by Zangaki, Bonfils, Georgiladakis and others.
The majority of the prints were received by the Royal Colonial Institute in 1926.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of Egypt and the Sudan, 1870s-80s, Y3042B |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This item level description was entered by NE and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 17-18.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| Sudan |
| Somalia |
| Ethiopia |
| RCS/Y3042B contains: |
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1
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Rue du Caire, Quartier Toulon. 217 x 284 mm. View looking along a street in Cairo showing intricately carved wooden balcony windows.
Creator: Bonfils, Paul Felix, 1831-1885, photographer. |
1870–1889 |
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2
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Caire, Pyramides de Giseh. 284 x 219 mm. General view of the Pyramids of Giza with a river in the foreground.
Creator: Bonfils, Paul Felix, 1831-1885, photographer. |
1870–1889 |
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3
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Le Caire Pyramide de Cheops, Le Sphynx et le Temple de Chaffra (L'Egypte). 278 x 215 mm. General view looking towards the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid, with the ruins of the Temple of Chaffra in the foreground.
Creator: Bonfils, Paul Felix, 1831-1885, photographer.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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4
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[View in Cairo]. 272 x 217 mm. View looking along a hillside towards the crenellated ramparts of an unidentified fortress. Precise location unknown. |
1870–1889 |
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5
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[The Citadel and the Tombs of the Mamelukes, Cairo]. 273 x 213 mm. View looking towards the Citadel and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, with the Mameluke Tombs in the foreground. |
1870–1889 |
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6
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[Troops at the Sphinx]. 274 x 212 mm. Showing a group of British soldiers posed beneath the Sphinx at Giza, with Pyramids in the background. The photograph probably dates from 1882, after the British victory of the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. |
1882 |
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7
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Tourists at the Pyramids of Giza. 210 x 283 mm. Showing a group of European tourists posed on the lower levels of a pyramid with their Egyptian guides. |
1870–1889 |
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8
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Canal de Suez Kilom 143. 260 x 202 mm. View looking along the Suez Canal at Kilometre 143, with two steam vessels moored at a landing station in the foreground.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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9
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View on the Suez Canal. 261 x 195 mm. View looking along the Suez Canal, with a sailing vessel in the distance.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some folds.. |
1870–1889 |
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10
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Ecluse amont a Ismailia up-stream lock at Ismailia. 261 x 204 mm. General view looking down onto one of the locks at Ismailia. Duplicate at Y302B/23 (signed by Zangaki).
Creator: Zangaki, - , fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some folds.. |
1870–1889 |
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11
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Middle Eastern woman. 220 x 274 mm. Half length studio portrait of a light skinned woman of unidentified race wearing a hooded dress or cloak.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some folds.. |
1870–1889 |
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12
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Egyptian woman. 215 x 273 mm. Half length studio portrait of a veiled woman.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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13
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Egyptian woman. 215 x 276 mm. Full length studio portrait of the woman seen in Y3042B/12. Apart from the veil, the woman is dressed in European style and carries a heart shaped fan. |
1870–1889 |
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14
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Egyptian woman. 275 x 215 mm. Full length studio portrait of a woman reclining on a chair; she wears pantaloons and a small waistcoat and holds the stem of a hookah. The photograph is taken against the same studio backdrop of palms and mountains as Y3042C/13.
Missing section in top right hand corner.. |
1870–1889 |
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15
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Egyptian dancing girl and married woman. 217 x 280 mm. Full length studio portrait of two hooded women. The married woman on the right is also veiled. The dancing girl, seated, holds a tambourine.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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16
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Egyptian married woman. 215 x 277 mm. Three quarter length studio portrait of a veiled woman with a string of coin shaped jewellery hanging from above her nose.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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17
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Egyptian man and woman. 189 x 238 mm. Full length studio portrait of a veiled woman with a basket of bananas facing a seated man smoking a pipe.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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18
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Egyptian syces or housekeepers. 213 x 275 mm. Full length studio portrait of two scyes. They wear sleeveless embroidered waistcoats and white knee-length pantaloons, and carry long canes.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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19
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Egyptian syces or housekeepers. 195 x 249 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/18.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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20
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Sudanese girl. 197 x 242 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Sudanese girl seated on rocks against a backdrop of a river landscape. She wears a length of cloth around her waist and a necklace of coin and star shaped ornaments.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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21
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Sudanese girl. 211 x 276 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/20.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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22
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Osman Digna, slaver and Sudanese warrior, Suakin 1880. 196 x 247 mm. Half length seated studio portrait of a Sudanese warrior, his arm resting in an arm rest. According to the caption this is a portrait of Osman Digna (c 1840-1926), the Sudanese leader who joined the Mahdist cause in 1883 after suffering imprisonment for slave trading at the hands of the British and Egyptians. He was active in the Sudan until the decisive defeat of Mahdism at Omdurman in 1898; after this battle he fled to the Red Sea hills.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1880 |
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23
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Osman Digna, slaver and Sudanese warrior, Suakin 1880. 215 x 273 mm Duplicate of Y3042/22.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing.. |
1880 |
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24
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Sudanese warriors. 187 x 239 mm. Full length studio portrait of a younger and an older warrior. The older figure is the man identified as Osman Digna in the preceding two prints. |
1880 |
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25
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Sudanese warriors, one is supposed to be Osman Digna. 212 x 278 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/24. As can be inferred from the contemporary pencilled caption, some doubt is thrown on the identification of Osman Digna.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing.. |
1880 |
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26
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Nubie, Bicharins en voyage. 248 x 197 mm. Showing a group of Nubian men mounted on camels, the leader brandishing a spear.
Creator: Zangaki, - , fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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27
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Nubie, Bicharins en voyage. 279 x 213 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/26.
Creator: Zangaki, - , fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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28
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Soldat abyssinia Dogali. 278 x 217 mm. Showing a (Sudanese) warrior seated on a camel and brandishing a spear.
Creator: Georgiladakis, - , fl 1880-1889, photographer.
Fair condition, some overall fading and yellowing.. |
1870–1889 |
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29
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Abyssinians. 88 x 237 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Abyssinian youths with spears.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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30
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Abyssinians. 212 x 280 mm. Duplicate of Y3042B/29.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some folds and tears.. |
1870–1889 |
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31
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Nubian slave and child. 188 x 238 mm. Half length studio portrait of a Nubian woman holding a baby.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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32
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Nubian slave and child. 215 x 277 mm Duplicate of Y3042B/31.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some folds.. |
1870–1889 |
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33
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Somali women. 279 x 216 mm Half length portrait of two Somali women seated outside a hut.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some folds.. |
1870–1889 |
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34
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Somali women. 189 x 237 mm Enlarged section of right hand portion of Y3042B/33.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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