Title
VIEW OF GRAND CAIRO. : No. XXIII. / DRAWN BY HENRY SALT. ; Etched by S. Rawle. ; ENGRAVED BY D. HAVELL.
Creator
Havell, Daniel, -1826?, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published as the Act directs, by William Miller. Albermarle Street, May 1.st 1809.
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; cut down to within the plate mark, sheet 53.4 x 73.9 cm.
Description
A rocky outcrop, buildings, trees, rooftops, figures and ruins in the foreground; a large square populated with camels and figures; an extensive cityscape, a mosque, citadel and forts in the middle ground; a river, desert, trees and a hill in the distance.
Place
Cairo (Egypt)
Additional information
Bound with accompanying text: PLATE XXIII. VIEW OF GRAND CAIRO. THIS view of grand Cairo is taken from the gate of the Citadel, which stands on a considerable elevation. In the foreground is the square called Romelie, in which is the superb Mosque of Sultaun Hassan, and a little beyond it to the left, a Serai for travellers, a place well known to every reader of those admirable tales the Arabian Nights Entertainment. The small forts on the hillock beyond the town, were constructed by the French, who formed a chain of them from the citadel to Boulac, the port of Cairo on the river, but which is concealed by the dome of the Sultaun Hassan. A part of the Saracenic walls appear on the right hand, but in many parts the town is now open. At a distance may be discovered the division of the Nile which forms the delta".
Other persons
Salt, Henry, 1780-1827, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps 6.TAB.74.