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Maker(s):Sébah, Jean Pascal
Culture:Turkish, (1872-1947)
Title:El-Azhar Mosque, Cairo
Date Made:late 19th - early 20th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:Albumen print
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:mount: 14 in x 17 in; 35.56 cm x 43.18 cm; image: 8 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 20.6375 cm x 26.035 cm
Narrative Inscription:  recto lwr. l. [in negative]: Mosquèe El.Azhar 25; recto lwr. r. [in negative]: J.P. Sebah
Accession Number:  MH 1995.6.55
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 the interior of a mosque. The composition is dominated by two parallel rows of columns topped by connecting arches. Wooden rafters cross the space at each interval, and several visitors to the mosque are visible far down the aisle.

Tags:
Islam

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