| Pascal Sebah [Attributed to] Cairo, Egypt [Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931) and presented to King George V] 1873-1882 Albumen print 20.5 x 26.3 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2581386 LL/93351 Photograph taken from Citadel, across circular Place Rumela, Cairo. Left to right: two-storey, eight-bay building, arcade and lancet windows; Sultan Hassan Mosque (large, with two minarets, dome) ; Malanûdîya Mosque (small, dome, two minarets, striped pattern throughout). In foreground are wooden shelters with slanting roofs.
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