Cairo. Mosque of Sultan Darkhour – Antique Wall Art
![Cairo. Mosque of Sultan Darkhour, [between 1860 and 1890] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9d0aed131c96-L.webp)
(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. Mosque of Sultan Darkhour 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. Mosque of Sultan Darkhour
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The record places this view at the Mosque of Sultan Darkhour in Cairo, one of the many Islamic monuments that photographers documented in Egypt during the later nineteenth century. Its catalog entry notes that it was issued as no. 141 in an album that also covered Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome, which suggests it was sold to travelers and collectors touring the Mediterranean and the Near East. Albumen prints like this one were made from glass negatives and were the standard way to bring images of distant sites home. Cairo's mosques, many dating to the Mamluk period, drew particular interest from Western viewers for their stonework and architecture.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Albumen prints 1860-1890. |
| Notes | In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 141. |
| Subjects | Mosques--Egypt--Cairo--1860-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181598 |
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