Illustrations before 1805


1572

 





Women from Grand Cairo, 1572.
 



Men from Grand Cairo, 1572.

 
Slave from Grand Cairo, 1572.

 
Cameleer from Grand Cairo, 1572.


Credit: From the collection of François Roger de Gaignières; Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
 

 
1700


A view toward Cairo, 1700, illustration by Carel Allard.



Circa 1799

 
Sheik from Cairo, c. 1799, by André Dutertre.

 
View of the Sycamores avenue in the island of Roudah, c. 1799, by Charles-Louis Balzac.

 
View of Cairo, c. 1799, by André Dutertre.
 
 
Details of an Obelisk, c. 1799, by Charles-Louis Balzac.
 
 
Interior view of a large room in Hassan Kachef's house dedicated to sessions of the 'Institut d'Egypte,' by Jean Constantin Protain.

 
Interior view of the Citadel, by André Dutertre.

 
View of the garden of the palace of Elfi bey, by Charles-Louis Balzac.

 
Perspective view of part of the city of Tombs, by Jean Constantin Protain.
 
 
The elevation of Sibil (Fountain) of Ali Aghâ, by Jean Constantin Protain.
 
Credit: Bibliothèque Nationale de France.