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[Bab El-Wazir Cemetery and the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt]
Creator
Wilhelm HammerschmidtPhotographer · 1869–1869
All works by this person →Born in Berlin, Wilhelm Hammerschmidt was already a professional photographer when he settled in Cairo, Egypt, around 1860. There he established the Hammerschmidt shop, where he sold photographic materials to other early photographers such as Henry Cammas. Hammerschmidt exhibited ten views of Egypt at the Société Française de Photographie in 1861 before becoming a member the following year. He als
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- about 1860–1869
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a2c4cff1-bb08-45dd-a915-207ddb348c0d
View of the Bab El-Wazir Cemetery from a slightly elevated vantage point, looking toward the fortified Citadel of Cairo. A large number of grave markers and small stone buildings can be seen in the foreground. The Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, or the Alabaster Mosque, with its twin minarets, is perched on a hilltop inside the citadel complex.
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