Cities, Citadels, and Sights of the near East
Subtitle: Francis Bedford's Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt, the Levant, and Constantinople
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press; The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9789774166709
Subjects: Edward vii, king of great britain, 1841-1910; Middle east, pictorial works; Middle east, description and travel
Description: In 1862 the leading British photographer Francis Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany her son and heir, the future King Edward VII, on an ambitious journey around the Middle East. This book documents that journey.