A set of two photographs comprising: 1- One albumen print by Francis Bedford depicting a street in Cairo, 1862, image size 200 x 265 mm, mounted to Marion & co. card, measuring 275 x 362 mm, signed and numbered in the negative, with handwritten title in pencil and printed series title in lower card recto 2- One silver gelatin print by Andreas Reiser depicting the Alexandria Bazaar, 1880s, image size 212 x 265 mm, signed, titled and numbered in the negative.

Synopsis

This plate is one of a series of photographs taken by Francis Bedford in the Mediterranean tour of Prince of Wales in 1862. Francis Bedford (1815 – 94) was the first photographer to accompany a royal tour. As a member of the Royal entourage, Bedford was permitted to photograph Christian and Muslim holy sites previously restricted as sacrosanct. Bedford’s photographs represent a unique visual diary of the tour and an important architectural and archaeological record of the Middle East at that point in time.