Harvard Art Museums > P1985.30: What I Saw in Egypt Photographs Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"What I Saw in Egypt (Various Artists) , P1985.30,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jun 20, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/283981. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number P1985.30 People Various Artists Title What I Saw in Egypt Other Titles Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt Classification Photographs Work Type album Date c. 1880 Culture Unidentified culture Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/283981 Physical Descriptions Technique Albumen silver print Dimensions 33 x 26 x 6.1 cm (13 x 10 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1981 to 1985 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden Accession Year 1985 Object Number P1985.30 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Leather bound album, not bound but secured with cord to facilitate the addition of extra pages. The title is inscribed on orange paper and affixed to the leather cover. Related Objects Object Number P1985.30.16 Artist G. Lékégian Title Dancing Dervishes Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.15 Artist Félix Bonfils Title A Scene in the Desert - A Caravan on the Move Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.14 Artist Félix Bonfils Title A Public Place in Old Cairo Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.11 Artist ? G. Lékégian Title Untitled (shop front in Cairo) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.9 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Cairo, Shepheard's Hotel, Military Concert Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.6 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (boat, "Olga," docked at river's edge) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.1 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (the mummy of Ramses 2nd) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.49 Artist G. Lékégian Title A Native Woman in the Costume of Her City Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.48 Artist Félix Bonfils Title A Tourist Climbs the Grand Pyramid Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.46 Artist G. Lékégian Title Native Woman on a Donkey Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.40 Artist G. Lékégian Title Copper Engravers on the Khan Kalil Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.34 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (colonnade in the mosque of Mohammed Ali) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.30 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Cairo, Fountain in the Arab Quarter Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.27 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Cairo, Gezireh Palace Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.19 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (veiled woman astride a donkey being led by a man wearing a turban) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.12 Artist G. Lékégian Title Merry Runners Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.8 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Cairo, Facade and Veranda at Shepheard's Hotel Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.3 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled ("I am Ready! How about You - I'm Waiting") Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.29 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Arab Funeral Cortège Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.24 Artist G. Lékégian Title Untitled (mosque in Cairo) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.22 Artist G. Lékégian Title Village Near the Pyramids Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.21 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Edge of the Nile and Palm Trees Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.20 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (three men in front of market stall) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.5 Artist Félix Bonfils Title The Temple of Chaffra, the Sphinx and Two Pyramids Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.87 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (man in military uniform) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.13 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (man with donkey and numerous children standing before palm trees) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.10 Artist G. Lékégian Title Rue Sook el Selah Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.7 Artist J. Geiser Title Alger - Rue des Abdérames Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.2 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (Come with me to Egypt - Cairo - Karnak - Nile - Assouam - Second Cataract) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.83 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (wedding caravan in Egypt) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.74 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (group of five women, possibly dancers) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.72 Artist ? Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (group of adults and children) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.70 Artist G. Lékégian Title Belly Dancer in an Arab Theater Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.67 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (speaking statues on the Nile) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.59 Artist G. Lékégian Title Veiled Turkish Woman Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.54 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (woman in traditional dress seated on pile of stones, holding a jug under her left arm) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.52 Artist ? Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (two women in traditional dress carrying children) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.50 Artist G. Lékégian Title Untitled (woman in traditional dress with a white veil) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.44 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (man carrying water, veiled woman, child kneeling on ground) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.42 Artist G. Lékégian Title Articles Made from the Palm Fronds Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.37 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Moslems at Prayer in the Grand Mosque of Damascus Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.33 Artist G. Lékégian Title Mosque of Mohammed Ali (fountain for ablutions) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.32 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (man seated with book in left hand, rod in right hand, five children seated on floor) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.28 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Cart Transporting Arab Women Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.25 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (a cafe in Cairo [from a reproduction]) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.47 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Entrance to the Grand Pyramid Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.45 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Avenue of the Pyramids Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.41 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Getting a Haircut on the Street Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.39 Artist G. Lékégian Title Travelling Vegetable Vendors Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.38 Artist Félix Bonfils Title View of Cairo and the Citadel of Sultan Hassam Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.26 Artist G. Lékégian Title Forest of Palm Trees (Sakkarah) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.23 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (a pleasure boat on the Nile) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.18 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (street scene) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.17 Artist G. Lékégian Title Hashish Café Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.51 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Bedouins Carrying Their Children Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.43 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (group of six water carriers) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.36 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Pulpit of the Mosque Mohammed Ali in Cairo Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.35 Artist Félix Bonfils Title General View of the Interior of the Mosque Mohammed Ali, Cairo Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.31 Artist G. Lékégian Title Rue Nahassin (near Khan Khalil) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.85 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (three boats, possibly on the Nile) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.73 Artist Abdullah Frères Title Sudanese Woman Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.68 Artist G. Lékégian Title Feast of Moulid El-Nabi Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.65 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (group of sailboats on the Nile) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.56 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (Egyptian frieze) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.84 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (Assouan Hotel) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.86 Artist Félix Bonfils Title New Hotel, Cairo Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.81 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (six women water carriers by the river) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.80 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (view through hypostyle hall to obeslisk, Temple of Karnak, Egypt) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.77 Artist Zangaki Brothers Title Colonnade of the Temple at Luxor Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.76 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Donkey-drivers and Donkeys of Cairo Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.75 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (group of seven people in native dress) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.69 Artist Zangaki Brothers Title Arab Singers Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.66 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (sailboat near the river bank, men with donkeys on shore, palm trees in the background) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.64 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (woman with a hookah reclining on a sofa) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.62 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (bearded man wearing a fez looking to the left) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.61 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (two women in traditional dress with white veils leaning on decorative balustrade, both holding flowers) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.60 Artist G. Lékégian Title Commercial Traveller of the Sudan Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.53 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (two men in front of stone houses) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.82 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (four men wearing loincloths) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.79 Artist Antonio Beato Title Untitled (colonnade at Karnak) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.78 Artist Zangaki Brothers Title Untitled (the grand hall and obelisk at Karnak) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.71 Artist ? Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (two men and a boy drawing water) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.63 Artist Félix Bonfils Title Untitled (woman in traditional dress, wearing a veil, holding a fan, reclining on a sofa) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.58 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (wall with frieze and hieroglyphics) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.57 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (Egyptian sarcophagus painting) Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.55 Artist Zangaki Brothers Title Thebes, Entry to the Tomb of the King Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.4 Artist G. Lékégian Title Sphinx and Pyramid Classification Photographs Object Number P1985.30.88 Artist Unidentified Artist Title Untitled (end paper with inscribed label) Classification Photographs Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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