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The slave market in Cairo. Lithograph by J.C. Bourne after O.B. Carter and H. Warren, ca. 1840.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

Supplément à l'ordre du jour, du 27 thermidor an 8 : avis sur la santé de l'armée / R. Desgenettes.

Men smoking outside an arabesque mansion in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

The bazaar of the coppersmiths in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.

An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

The aqueduct at Cairo with a ground plan. Line engraving.

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.

1 print : lithograph, with tint ; image 11.7 x 17.4 cm

xvi, 261 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Aerial view with, as a vignette, a perspective from the other side of the bridge
This drawing was produced as part of the submission for a limited competition, arranged by the Egyptian Government, for a hospital of 1,225 beds to be built on Rodah Island in the Nile at Cairo. Details of the competition, assessor John William Simpson PRIBA, may be found in the Builder, 15 April 1921. The competition was won by C. Nicholas and J. E. Dixon-Spain, result announced in the Builder, 16 March 1923. It seems that the winning design was never built
Qasr al-'Ayni means the palace of al-'Ayni; al-'Ayni is a personal name

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 56.5 x 86.7 cm

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 39.1 x 49.2 cm

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Medizin.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

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The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

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Cairo (Egypt)

Images

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The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

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