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Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh – Vintage Photo Print

Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh, [between 1860 and 1890] — historic print
Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh, [between 1860 and 1890]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic print of Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh

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The Giza pyramids are the particular subject here, shown in a general view that takes in the wider plateau rather than a single monument. The print is an albumen photograph from the years between about 1860 and 1890, a period when Egypt had become a major destination for European and American travelers who bought such views in bound albums. This example comes from an album covering Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, and Rome, which reflects the grand-tour habit of collecting the sites of the classical and biblical world. The catalog also tags the image with domestic life, a reminder that photographers of the time often included local people and village settings alongside the monuments.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1890]
GenreAlbumen prints 1860-1890.
NotesIn album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 162.
SubjectsPyramids--Egypt--Jīzah--1860-1890. Domestic life--Egypt--Jīzah--1860-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181616

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