Egypt
Coins of all nations
Cigarette Card, 1889
Duke’s Cigarettes
Caricature wears a red and white headscarf and unbuttoned military jacket. He rides a disproportionately small, white horse and carries a rifle or sword. Physical and facial characteristics include a worn expression, dark skin, and full moustache. The coin is referred to as the piastre, introduced while Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Surrounding this cigarette card are an image from a collection of military uniforms by Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen; photographs by Gabriel Lékégian, photographer to the British Army of Occupation in Egypt; photographs by Adelphoi Zangaki brothers, the first commercial photographers to produce large scale images of Egypt; and a page featuring the “Slavery prosecutions at Cairo” from The Graphic, a British illustrated newspaper.
George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. “Egypt.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-34fd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Ch[...] mariage arabe.
Photograph, 1894
Zangaki (Photographer)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Ch[...] mariage arabe.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-64ed-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Village arabe Nº 419
Photograph, 1880-1889 (Approximate)
G. Lékégian (Photographer), 1880-1889 (Approximate)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Village arabe Nº 419” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6094-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Bourriquier de place. Nº 352
Photograph, 1880-1889 (Approximate)
G. Lékégian (Photographer), 1880-1889 (Approximate)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Bourriquier de place. Nº 352” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-609f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The slavery prosecutions at Cairo
Engraving from The Graphic, 1894
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. “The slavery prosecutions at Cairo.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894-10-06. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/977a4046-6bf0-0f5f-e040-e00a1806191a
The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms
Illustration, 1910 (Inferred)
Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus (Collector)
General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Egypt, 1820-1898.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-bbac-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Rue Bab el-Vazir. Nº 385
Photograph, 1880-1889 (Approximate)
G. Lékégian (Photographer)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Rue Bab el-Vazir. Nº 385” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-609c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
