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photographic print

• Object type

  • photographic print

• Museum number

  Af,B24.11

• Description

  View of fleet of sailing ships on river. Railway bridge and European harbour in background. Medium: Albumen print? Format: Mounted on card, second print on other side of card.

• Producer name

  • Office/studio of: Langaki (?)

• Date

  • 1850-1950 (?)

• Production place

  • Made in: Qasr el-Nil (?)
  • (Africa,Egypt,Lower Egypt,Nile Delta,Cairo,Qasr el-Nil)
  • Made in: Sudan
  • (Africa,Sudan)
  • Made in: Nile, River
  • (Africa,River Nile)
  • Made in: Asia (Middle East)
  • (Asia)
  • Made in: Egypt
  • (Africa,Egypt)

• Technique

  • photographic process

• Dimensions

  • Length: 21 centimetres
  • Width: 28.1 centimetres

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      annotation

    • Inscription Content

      "Langaki No 470 Passage au pont de Kasr el Nil" [manuscript on front of card mount].

• Curator's comments

  Geography: Kasr not identified in sources. Unclear whether location. Biography: Relationship of Langaki with image is unclear.

• Location

  Not on display

• Subjects

  • boat/ship

• Associated places

  • Topographic representation of: Qasr el-Nil (?)
  • (Africa,Egypt,Lower Egypt,Nile Delta,Cairo,Qasr el-Nil)
  • Topographic representation of: Sudan
  • (Africa,Sudan)
  • Topographic representation of: Nile, River
  • (Africa,River Nile)
  • Topographic representation of: Egypt
  • (Africa,Egypt)

• Acquisition date

  1850-1970

• Acquisition notes

  Copyright: British Museum.

• Department

  Africa, Oceania & the Americas

• Registration number

  Af,B24.11