J. Pascal Sébah (ou du studio Sébah & Joaillier), un photographe d'origine syro-arménienne. - 170. Les deux grandes Pyramides

This historic photograph shows the pyramids of Giza (Khufu and Khafre) reflected in the waters during the Nile’s seasonal floods.
It is an authentic 19th-century photographic print (generally dated 1870–1890) captured by pioneering photographers of the era such as the Zangaki brothers or Hippolyte Arnoux, immortalizing the Egyptian landscape before the construction of the great modern dams.

The caption “170. The two grand Pyramids.” engraved directly in white on the negative corresponds to the catalog and the characteristic typography of the famous studio of J. Pascal Sébah (or Sébah & Joaillier), a photographer of Syrian-Armenian origin based in Constantinople and Cairo in the late 19th century.

Pascal Sébah (or his studio). He was particularly renowned for the sharpness and the exceptional artistic quality of his albumen prints, highly prized by wealthy travelers undertaking the Grand Tour.
• This series of photographs of Egypt was produced mainly between 1870 and 1890.
• The mention refers to the two largest structures on the Gizeh plateau, namely the Khufu pyramid and the Khafre pyramid.