Sultan Barkouk. Tombeau de Calife au Caire / P. Sebah, Phot. – Vintage Wall Art
![Sultan Barkouk. Tombeau de Calife au Caire / P. Sebah, Phot., [between 1860 and 1890] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ff/ff82a35a029e-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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A window into the past: Sultan Barkouk. Tombeau de Calife au Caire / P. Sebah, Phot., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sultan Barkouk. Tombeau de Calife au Caire / P. Sebah, Phot.
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The picture shows the tomb of Sultan Barkouk, the Mamluk ruler whose mausoleum stands in the great cemetery north of Cairo, often called the City of the Dead. Its domed chamber and carved stone facade reflect the Mamluk building style of the late 1300s, when sultans commissioned elaborate tombs that doubled as places of prayer. The print is an albumen photograph by P. Sebah, a studio photographer known for views of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, and it was sold to travelers in the late 1800s. Its place in a tourist album alongside views of Athens and the Rhine shows how visitors collected the monuments of the Near East as they would European sights.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1860-1890. |
| Notes | In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 22. Printed on photograph: No. 15. |
| Subjects | Archaeological sites--Egypt--Cairo--1860-1890. Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Egypt--Cairo--1860-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,301 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185588 |
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