Pont de Gezireh
Photogr. Artistique G. Lekegian & Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1906 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
212 x 277 mm
Place of origin
Cairo
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890134.43
Summary
A professional photograph of the Gizireh Bridge, Cairo, Egypt, with two stone lions on plinths at entrance with men riding camels and mules in foreground. Buildings in distance, palm trees on left. Contained in a brown leather photograph album with tooled pattern on spine and front and back covers containing thirty six pages with gold blocked edges and holding seventy six photographs. c.1900
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The family were great travellers and travelled throughout Europe. Lord and Lady Clifden, and the Hons. Mary Vere and Everilda visited Egypt between 8th - 15th October 1906
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom of photograph: (in white) Pont de Gezireh No.97. Photogr. Artistique, G. Lekegian.&.Co.
Makers and roles
Photogr. Artistique G. Lekegian & Co., manufacturer