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Le Pélerinage de la Mecque; Le Chef de la Grande Mosquée et ses Serviteurs Bey, Sadik (Egyptian, 1832-1902)

Title
Le Pélerinage de la Mecque; Le Chef de la Grande Mosquée et ses Serviteurs
Artist
Bey, Sadik (Egyptian, 1832-1902)
Publication
L'Illustration Journal Universel
Date
1882 plate (1880 negative)
Process
Engraving (from photograph)
Image Size
26 x 22 cm
Sheet Size
38 x 27.5 cm

Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), Egyptian, was one of the first to photograph pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, the first time in 1861 and the second time in 1880. He won the gold medal for the exhibition Geography of Venice in 1881. In 1881 he published Mash’al al-Mahmal (The Torch of the Mahmal), which contained his photographs on his observations of Mecca and Medina.