Vintage Photography Zangaki Images

Zangaki Brothers Images of Egypt

We know very little about the creators of some of the most collectable vintage photographs of the second half of the nineteenth century, because the lives of the photographers Hippolyte Arnoux, Felix Bonfils, Antonio Beato, Pascal Sebah and the Zangaki brothers are so entwined, that perhaps they should be called “The School of Egypt”.

Photographers active in Egypt in the second half of the nineteenth century, based in Cairo, Port Said and Luxor were creating photographic images for the tourists enjoying the Grand Tour. There are very few albums of vintage photography that don’t include the work of the Zangaki brothers. The one thing we do know for sure, is that the Zangaki brothers, working between the 1860s and the 1880s created some of the best know and collectable vintage photographic images of the 19^th century.

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Citadel & Cemetery Cairo

Vintage photograph by the Zangaki brothers created in the second half of the nineteenth century.

This is a black and white photograph of Cairo a citadel, cemetery and, what appears to be the city wall.

Albumen print on paper laid on card. Numbered: unreadable, Signed: Zangaki, bottom left and captioned in the plate, but very hard to read.

Good condition but slightly faded.

Image size: 8inches(20.2cm) x 10.75inches(27.5cm)

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Mosque of Mohhamet Ali – Cairo

Vintage photograph by the Zangaki brothers created in the second half of the nineteenth century.

This black and white photograph is a view of Cairo, the Mosque of Mohhamet Ali, a large number of handcarts against the wall  and two soldiers soldiers in the foreground.

Albumen print on paper laid on card. Signed: Zangaki, bottom left, numbered: 180, bottom right and captioned in the plate. Good condition but slightly faded.

There is an example of this image, singed Zangaki, with the same caption and studio number attributed to Bonfils. The attribution is not explained

Image size: 8.2inches(20.5cm) x 10.5inches(26.6cm)

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Mosque of Hassan Pasha – Cairo

Vintage photograph by the Zangaki brothers created in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Black and white photograph, the Mosque of Hassan Pasha, Cairo and a small crumbling citadel in the foreground.

Albumen print on paper laid on card. Signed: Zangaki, bottom left, numbered: 93, bottom right and captioned in the plate. Good condition but slightly faded.

Image size: 8.25inches(21cm) x 10.75inches(27.5cm)

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Botanical Gardens – Cairo

Vintage photograph by the Zangaki brothers created in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Black and white photograph, The Gates of the Botanical Gardens. The man standing on the right is one of the Zangaki brothers.

He also appears in the photograph of the Sphinx with the mobile darkroom parked beside it.

Albumen print on paper laid on card.  Unsigned, no caption or studio number. Good condition but slightly faded.

Image size: 8.2inches(20.5cm) x 10.75inches(27.5cm)

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The Sphinx & Pyramid

Vintage photograph by the Zangaki brothers created in the second half of the nineteenth century.

A classic Zangaki Image the Sphinx prior to it’s excavation flanked by camels and the great pyramid in the background.

Albumen print on paper laid on card. Signed: Zangaki, bottom left, numbered: 183, bottom and captioned in the plate. Very nice condition but slightly faded.

Image size: 8.25inches(21cm) x 10.75inches(27.5cm)

Vintage Photography of the Zangaki brothers.

Vintage photography by Hippolyte Arnoux also available for sale on this site.

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