An original albumen photographic print attributed to Pascal Sébah, circa 1880. The title, "Ascent of Pyramids," is hand written in pencil in the lower left but the photo is unsigned. The attribution comes from the existence of a similar signed “P. Sébah” photograph of a veiled Turkish woman whom appears in one of the photographs acquired along with this photo, wearing the same dress, jewelry, and veil in both photos. Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) was one of the important professional photographers of his time in the Ottoman Empire, and served the.....
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An original albumen photographic print attributed to Pascal Sébah, circa 1880, of a veiled Turkish woman. The photo is unsigned but the the attribution comes from the existence of a similar signed “P. Sébah” photograph of the same veiled Turkish woman as in this photo wearing the same dress, jewelry, and veil. Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) was one of the important professional photographers of his time in the Ottoman Empire, and served the demand for souvenirs to the increasing tourist trade that developed in Egypt in the second half of the.....
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