Artist
Hippolyte Béchard(French, born 1841, active 1869–1880s)French, born 1841, active 1869–1880s
CultureFrench
Titles
- Public Writer, Cairo
- [Arab Scribe and Onlookers]
Date1876
PlaceCairo, Egypt
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in. (19.2 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in. (19.2 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 13 3/4 × 18 3/16 in. (34.9 × 46.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in. (19.2 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 13 3/4 × 18 3/16 in. (34.9 × 46.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lynn and Peter Coneway
Object number88.219.3
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top margin center in ink "Egypt 1876"
bottom margin below image in ink "Public Writer-Cairo"
bottom margin below image in ink "Public Writer-Cairo"
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