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G. Lékégian
Two female water carriers
1890s
Gelatin silver print
41 x 33 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4043
LL/123949
Lékégian opened his photographic studio rather late, circa 1887, and it continued well into the 20th century. Lékégian & Co was one of the last surviving major 19th century photographic studios in Egypt and when the larger touristic views of the 19th century became popular the studio also started developing tourists' own photographs.
Lit.: Ken Jacobson. Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839 - 1925. London 2007, see pp. 249-250.
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