MECCA, THE MAHMAL, AND THE HAJJ, c.1880s

A collection of albumen prints (13) related to Mecca, the Mahmal, and the Hajj, c.1880s. Views by Mohammad Sadiq Bey (7), Felix Bonfils (1), Pascal Sebah (2), Constantine Zangaki (1), and (2) anonymous views of the Ka'ba.

The views comprising:

A group of (7) albumen prints by Mohammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), mounted to blue card, each print measuring 165 x 215mm, card measuring 290 x 350mm, with manuscript titles on the mounts, one image of the Haram signed in the negative. Views include: Le Haram (mosquée) de la Mecque. Makam des Malékites; La Kaaba; Le tour de la Kaaba fait par les pélerins. Makam des Hambalites. Makam des Hanéfites; Makam d'Ibrahim. Makam des Chaféites. Porte du Puits de Zemgen. Coupole du Cadran. Bibliothèque; Prière autour de la Kaaba; Empreinte du pied d'Ibrahim. L'angle de l'Occident. L'angle du Yémen; one view of the Haram with no subtitle.

A loose albumen print by Félix Bonfils (1831-1885), depicting the Mahmal departing Damascus, c.1885, image size 280 x 215mm, titled and numbered in the negative 400. Cérémonie du départ du pèlerinage pour La Mecque à Damas.

A loose albumen print by Constantine Zangaki (c.1845-1916), depicting a camel procession to Mecca, c.1880s, image size 215 x 270mm, titled and numbered in the negative No.100 Pont des caravane de la Mecque.

Two studio portraits by Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), depicting 'Arabs of Mecca', image sizes 135 x 100mm and 100 x 147mm, both titled and numbered in the negative, and one signed in the negative.

and two further anonymous views of the Ka'ba (one bird's eye view), c.1880, each measuring 140 x 200mm.