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Aimé Rochas — Vue Générale Prise a l'Ouest, Le Kaire, plate 1 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie," (1852)

Aimé Rochas

Vue Générale Prise a l'Ouest, Le Kaire, plate 1 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie," (1852)

1849

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Egypt, Rochas's salted paper print offers a sweeping western view of Cairo during the medium's pioneering decades.

Medium
Salted paper print

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