Plate 3: Cairo, Fountain in the Court of the Mosk of Sultan Hassan
A fountain used for washing hands, face, and feet before prayers, situated in the Mosque of Sultan Hassan in Cairo.
The full page includes the attribution, "Photographed by Francis Bedford during the Tour in the East on which by Command he accompanied His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales."
Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
Day & Son
London (England)
English
Mosques
Sacred spaces
Fountains
Architecture
Ablutions (Islamic law)
Mīḍaʼah
Islamic architecture
Mosque of Sultan Hassan (Cairo, Egypt)
Cairo (Egypt)
Nineteenth century
9.4 x 12.5 cm (approx.)
Still image
photographs
albumen prints
The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens : a series of forty-eight photographs
186- BEDF
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