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Maker(s):Sébah, Jean Pascal
Culture:Turkish, (1872-1947)
Title:Gezira Bridge, Cairo
Date Made:late 19th - early 20th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:Albumen print
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:mount: 35.56 cm x 43.18 cm; 14 in x 17 in; image: 8 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 26.9875 cm
Narrative Inscription:  recto lwr. l. [in negative]: Pont de Gezireh; recto lwr. r. [in negative]: J.P. Sebah
Accession Number:  MH 1995.6.43
Credit Line:Gift of William and Sylvia Durfee
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black and white image of a long bridge receeding into the distance. The entrance to the bridge is flanked by two statues of seated lions atop large but short rectangular pillars. Several people stand near the entrance or walk across the bridge.

Subjects:
Photography--Printing processes--Albumen

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