The House of Radwan Bey
1875
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1875
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolor shows an interior room in Cairo from the 1600s. It’s called a mandarah—where guests were welcomed. The artist painted it around 1875. He wanted to save these old Egyptian homes before modern changes erased them. The house still stands today, near a gate in Cairo’s old city. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of these rare records.
