Garden of Gizeh Museum, Cairo--A Scene Around the Palace of a Modern Pharaoh

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A pool of water is in a garden with a palm tree in the foreground and a large building visible through the trees in the background.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Exodus, xviii:10.)--'And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hands of the Egyptians.' We give a picture here of a scene in the garden of the Gizeh Museum. This Museum was originally built by Isma 'il Pasha for his harem. He was made Khedive in 1867. The Suez Canal was opened during his reign. Owing to the enormous debt he fastened upon the Egyptian government, Isma 'il Pasha was dethroned in 1879. This harem, in which the Egyptian antiquities are now housed, was built at an expense of five million pounds sterling. After the great Pasha was dethroned, this, among the rest of his property, was confiscated and turned over to the government. In love of pleasure and magnificence of fancy he fitly represents in modern times the luxurious Pharaohs who reigned in Egypt during the sojourn of the [missing text]". "Franklin Co Eng-Chi" is printed at the bottom of the photograph. See 5129BAI/LVi47CAJS (Voyager # 357555).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)