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Boûlâk. Carrefour (Mosquée, Café, etcetera)
Creator
Félix TeynardFrench Photographer · 1817–1892
All works by this person →In 1851, while a civil engineer in Grenoble, France, a center of Egyptological research, Félix Teynard embarked on a journey to photograph architectural structures in Egypt. Presumably self-taught in photography, Teynard traveled more than a thousand miles up the Nile River, "isolated in a region of unmitigated poverty . . . amidst the peoples of Egypt and Nubia," carrying his cumbersome, heavy eq
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- negative 1851–1852; print 1853
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 3e22f004-4bcf-4fdf-a85a-e6196d6114e8
What the image shows
A historical building complex with a tall minaret, surrounded by other structures, including a gatehouse with arched openings. The setting appears to be an old cityscape, with weathered stone walls and tiled patterns visible. The text at the top reads "EGYPTE" and at the bottom "BOULAK."
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From the Getty Museum record
A small cafe to the left of a large mosque. The cafe facade has a horseshoe arched doorway and windows below a decorative grill. A tree is growing above the building. The mosque has a single tower, which partially obscures a domed roof. The exterior is decorated with horizontal and zig-zagged stripe patterns.
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Places this record points to
- Bulaq — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Boûlâk”
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