<p><b>BPLDC no.:</b> 08_04_000017
</p><p><b>Page Title:</b> Arab Beggar and the Sheick of the Pyramid
</p><p><b>Collection:</b> Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
</p><p><b>Album:</b> Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
</p><p><b>Call no.</b> 4098B.104 v26 (p. 16)
</p><p><b>Creator:</b> Tupper, William Vaughn
</p><p><b>Description:</b> Scrapbook page with two portrait photographs of Egyptian men, annotated with captions and quotes.
</p><p><b>Subjects:</b> 
Egypt
travel photography
portraits
beggars
Beggars--Egypt
Sheikhs--Egypt
</p><p><b>Page size:</b> 33 x 38.1 cm
</p><p><b>Annotations:</b> 
[continued from page 26-15] on the western Pyramid alluring wayfarers to her arms and depriving them of reason
"Fair Rhod’ope as story tells
The bright unearthly nymph who dwells
Mid sunless gold and jewels hid
The Lady of the Pyramid.”
Moore
</p><p><b>Language:</b> English, photograph has French title
</p><p><b>Rights:</b> No known restrictions.
</p><p><b>Coverage:</b> Egypt
</p><p><b>Notes:</b> Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
</p><p><b>Format:</b> Scrapbooks
</p><p><b>Technique:</b> Photographs, Albumen prints
</p><p><b>BPL Department:</b> Print Department
</p><p><b>Photo 1:</b>
<b>Photographer:</b> Fiorillo, Luigi
</p><p><b>Title:</b> 429. Mandiant Arabe
</p><p><b>Caption:</b> Arab beggar
</p><p><b>Date:</b> ca. 1860-1909
</p><p><b>Location on page:</b> Left
</p><p><b>Photo 2:</b>
<b>Photographer:</b> G. Lékégian &amp; Cie.
</p><p><b>Title:</b> Le chef Bedouin des Pyramides No. 317
</p><p><b>Caption:</b> 
The Sheick of the Pyramid
who exacts “backshish” for ascent or entrance to Pyramid
</p><p><b>Date:</b> ca. 1865- 1895
</p><p><b>Location on page:</b> Right
</p><p><i>Flickr data on 2011-08-03:</i>
</p>
<ul><li><i>Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m</i></li>
<li><i>License: CC BY 2.0</i></li>
<li><i>User: Boston Public Library BPL</i></li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Luigi_Fiorillo" class="extiw" title="w:en:Luigi Fiorillo"><span title="Italian photographer active in Alexandria, Egypt, in the late 19th century (1847-1898)">Luigi Fiorillo</span></a>
</bdi>
<p>December 21, 1892—March 8, 1893
</p>
<ul><li><i>Flickr upload date: 2008-05-01 17:10:40</i></li></ul>
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