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The slave market in Cairo. Lithograph by J.C. Bourne after O.B. Carter and H. Warren, ca. 1840.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

Supplément à l'ordre du jour, du 27 thermidor an 8 : avis sur la santé de l'armée / R. Desgenettes.

Men smoking outside an arabesque mansion in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

The bazaar of the coppersmiths in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.

An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

The aqueduct at Cairo with a ground plan. Line engraving.

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.

Street market with the mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Mohamed Ali mosque and citadel, Cairo, Egypt. Photograph by Pascal Sébah (?), ca. 1870.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

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Cairo

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cairo

Works from the collections

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

Cairo

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cairo

Works from the collections

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

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