First World War Black and White Photograph of Cairo
1915 - 1919A small black and white photograph showing a streetscape. There are ornate buildings in the background and a large statue and plinth of a man on a horse in front of the buildings. The foreground of the image shows people crossing the street wearing local dress. There is also a child being pushed in a pram. The street has two parked cars at the right and there are two gharries waiting by one of the buildings. There are 3 large streetlamps in the picture and two trees frame the image. The reverse of the image has the proforma printing of part of a postcard and an inscription. The photograph has a small border and is in good condition with just a small red mark on the reverse.
This image appears to show Opera Square in Cairo with the statute of Ibrahim Pasha shown in front of the Khedivial Opera House
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On the reverse in machine printing “POST / CORRESPONDENCE” with “Cairo” written in black ink.
The Khedivial Opera House was inaugurated on 4 January 1869. It presented the famous "Rigoletto Opera" performance in the presence of Europe's kings and queens on top of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III. On 14 December 1871, the new Opera House presented the famous Egyptian Performance Opera Aida written by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette and composed by the Italian musician Verdi. In Opera Square, you will come across the statue of Ibrahim Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt. It is the work of the French sculptor Charles Henri Joseph Cordier.
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