Album du Musée de Boulaq by Hippolyte Béchard, 1872

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MS. 23051 photogr. 62

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Photographically-illustrated book showing artefacts from collections of the Boulaq Museum in Cairo. Photographs by Hippolyte and Emile Béchard. Text by Auguste Mariette.

Dates

Creation: 1872

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

French

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 62

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 92:4787; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 269

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Emile and Hippolyte Béchard operated a studio in Cairo in the 1870s. Emile is known for his views of Egypt's cultural heritage, and his brother Hippolyte was known to sell the photographs from the studio. Auguste Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist, and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities.