1880
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Egyptian slab with inscription of Caliph Al-Amir, Arabian Museum, Cairo is a 1880 photographic by Pascal Sebah, a Impressionism work, depicting Inscription, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows two stone slabs. The top slab has carved Arabic script in neat, blocky letters. The bottom slab has swirling, leaf-like designs cut into the stone. Both pieces look weathered but still sharp. The top slab mentions Caliph Al-Amir, a historic Islamic ruler. The photo itself is old, taken around 1880 by a photographer named Pascal Sebah. Check out Pascal Sebah to see more of his work from this era.
A sepia-toned photograph from 1880 by Pascal Sebah depicts a carved slab bearing Egyptian text. The image is part of a numbered series presented to the Arabian Museum in Cairo by the Ministers of Public Worship in 1884.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Pascal Sébah was an Ottoman photographer in Istanbul and Cairo. Best known for his prolific photography of Anatolia, Egypt, and Greece, Sébah established the studio that would later become Sébah & Joaillier.
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