Title

'Lane in the Copt Quarter, Cairo'

Caption

'Lane in the Copt Quarter, Cairo', 1890. Coptic Cairo, a part of Old Cairo and Christian stronghold until the Islamic era, most of the current buildings were built after Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 7th century. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_087

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,5Mb (2,3Mb) / 13,8in x 17,6in / 4144 x 5268 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors urban road wood people male man men architecture town arts Middle East country Cairo Egypt balcony balconies housing book guy lane Egyptian avenue Middle Eastern medieval Old Town wooden perspective alley location century literature alleyway concept B&W narrow MONOCHROME Architectural Feature Day 19th century black & white black and white background people B W Middle Ages nineteenth century Old City history historic The Print Collector Coptic TGN outside street engraving Unknown Cassells Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Mizraim Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History engraving