Caption
Dahabie on the Nile, Passenger boat (dahabie) on the Nile, photograph, Part of Travel Album with 80 Photos of Egypt., negative number: '95', photographer: Maison Bonfils, Egypt, c. 1870 - c. 1898, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 222 mm x width 278 mm, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, Nile, A large boat with tall masts and long spars is docked along a riverbank, showing a wooden hull with a row of cabin windows and an open deck with railings and steps leading down; several ropes, rigging lines, and ladders run up the masts, and a group of people wearing light clothing and head coverings sit or stand near the stern and along the deck; the river water is calm and stretches across the image with another boat partly visible in the background; palm trees and a building with a tall chimney stand on the far shore, and the sky above is clear and pale.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A80_206
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