RARE EGYPTIAN MOSQUE SULTAN HASSAN 8 1/2 X 10 3/4 ALBUMEN PHOTO BY ZANGAKI

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RARE EGYPTIAN MOSQUE OF SULTAN HASSAN ~ 8 1/2 X 10 3/4 INCH ALBUMEN SEPIA PRINT ~ NICE SHARP EARLY 1880'S HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH BY FAMOUS MIDDLE EAST PHOTOGRAPHER ZANGAKI ~ UNFRAMED BUT WILL BE SHIPPED WITH ARCHIVAL CORNERS TO HOLD DOWN ON BOARD ~ SMALL CREASE ON TOP CENTER WITH LINEN TAPE ON BACK TO SECURE OTHEWISE VERY GOOD CONDTION CLEAN IMAGE ~ HISTORICAL FOR MUSEUM OR 19TH CENTURY PHOTO COLLECTOR OF EARLY ALBUMEN PRINTS OR FAMOUS UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ~ YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE HISTORICAL MOSQUE AND ITS HISTORY ON THE NET.
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan.
The Zangaki brothers were two Greek photographers, active between 1870s-1890s, who worked in Egypt, producing prints for the tourist trade. They produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brother themselves are unknown. It has been suggested their initials were “C” and “G”, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the same “C Zangaki” have been located. According to Alkis X. Xanthakis on “Zangaki Brothers” (Optikon, 1995) the two brothers were from Milos (a Greek Island) and their names were Georgios and Konstantinos”.
Their photographs, however, were simply identified as “Zangaki”, the letter “Z” being frequently mistaken for a stylized “L” in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to “Langaki”. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of “A Zangaki” until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend “Adelphoi Zangaki”, confirmed that the images were the work of the brothers.