ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OBELISQUE D'HELIOPOLIS

£85

Rare Beato Albumen photograph of the Obelisk at Heliopolis

Mounted on card as per usual ..with title and signed by Sebah in photo.

Very good condition

Pascal Sébah (1823–1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul). He was born in Constantinople, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother. In 1857 he opened his first photography studio in Constantinople[1] at 439 Grande Rue de Pera in the center of the city.[2] By 1873 he was successful enough to open another studio in Cairo

code : M3399

Cartographer : ANON

Date : 1875

Size : 26*21 cms

availability : Available

Price : £85

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