- Wooden Lock
- Woman of the Southern Province of Upper Egypt
- Washing before or after a Meal
- Tisht and Ibreek
- The Study at Down
- The Shádoof
- The Mahmal
- The Doseh
- The Beagle Laid Ashore for Repairs at River Santa Cruz, Patagonia
- Tattooed Hands and Foot
- Suffeh
- Sketch of a Tomb with the Entrance uncovered
- Shops in a Street in Cairo
- Shop of a Turkish Merchant
- Ságát
- Rabáb esh-Shá’er
- Private Houses in Cairo
- Praying Hands
Praying Hands - Postures of Prayer (Part II.)
- Postures of Prayer (Part I.)
- Plan of a Bath
- Pipes
- Parade previous to Circumcision
- Ornamented black Veils
- Nose-rings
- Náy
- Muk-hul′ahs and Mirweds
- Mesh′als
- Men of the Middle and Higher Classes
The dress of the men of the middle and higher classes consists of the following articles. First, a pair of full drawers of linen or cotton, tied round the body by a running string or band, the ends of which are embroidered with coloured silks, though concealed by the outer dress. The drawers descend a little below the knees, or to the ankles; but many of the Arabs will not wear long drawers, because prohibited by the Prophet. Next is worn a shirt, with very full sleeves, reaching to the wrist; it is made of linen, of a loose, open texture, or of cotton stuff, or of muslin or silk, or of a mixture of silk and cotton, in stripes, but all white. Over this, in winter, or in cool weather, most persons wear a “sudeyree,” which is a short vest of cloth, or of striped coloured silk and cotton, without sleeves. Over the shirt and sudeyree, or the former alone, is worn a long vest of striped silk and cotton (called “kaftán,” or more commonly “kuftán”), descending to the ankles, with long sleeves extending a few inches beyond the fingers’ ends, but divided from a point a little above the wrist, or about the middle of the fore-arm; so that the hand is generally exposed, though it may be concealed by the sleeve when necessary, for it is customary to cover the hands in the presence of a person of high rank. Round this vest is wound the girdle, which is a coloured shawl, or a long piece of white figured muslin. The ordinary outer robe is a long cloth coat, of any colour (called by the Turks “jubbeh,” but by the Egyptians “gibbeh”), the sleeves of which reach not quite to the wrist.Some persons also wear a “beneesh,” or “benish,” which is a robe of cloth, with long sleeves, like those of the kuftán, but more ample - Lantern, etc., suspended on the occasion of a Wedding
- Lady keeling and praying
Lady keeling and praying - Lady attired for Riding or Walking
- Kursee and Seeneeyeh
- Kumkum and Mibkhar’ah
- Kemengeh
- Kánoon
- Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ - Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ - Interior of a Mosque
Interior of a Mosque To form a proper conception of the ceremonials of the Friday-prayers, it is necessary to have some idea of the interior of a mosque. A mosque in which a congregation assembles to perform the Friday-prayers is called “gámë’.” The mosques of 68Cairo are so numerous, that none of them is inconveniently crowded on the Friday; and some of them are so large as to occupy spaces three or four hundred feet square. They are 69mostly built of stone, the alternate courses of which are generally coloured externally red and white. Most commonly a large mosque consists of porticoes surrounding a square open court, in the centre of which is a tank or a fountain for ablution. One side of the building faces the direction of Mekkeh, and the portico on this side, being the principal place of prayer, is more spacious than those on the three other sides of the court. - Hemalees
The hemalee carries, upon his back, a vessel (called “ibreek”) of porous grey earth. This vessel cools the water. Sometimes the hemalee has an earthen kulleh of water scented with “móyet zahr” (or orange-flower-water), prepared from the flowers of the “náring” (a bitter orange), for his best customers; and often a sprig of náring is stuck in the mouth of his ibreek. - Hegábs
- Hands and Feet stained with Henna
- Gold Kurs
- Funeral Procession
- Fountain
- Fellaheen
The lower orders in Egypt, with the exception of a very small proportion, chiefly residing in the large towns, consist of Felláheen (or Agriculturists). Most of those in the great towns, and a few in the smaller towns and some of the villages, are petty tradesmen or artificers, or obtain their livelihood as servants, or by various labours. In all cases, their earnings are very small; barely sufficient, in general, and sometimes insufficient, to supply them and their families with the cheapest necessaries of life. - Fellah Women
Fellah Women The dress of a large proportion of those women of the lower orders who are not of the poorest class consists of a pair of trousers or drawers (similar in form to the shintiyán of the ladies, but generally of plain white cotton or linen), a blue linen or cotton shirt (not quite so full as that of the men), a burko’ of a kind of coarse black crape, and a dark blue tarhah of muslin or linen. Some wear over the shirt, or instead of the latter, a linen tób, of the same form as that of the ladies. The sleeves of this are often turned up over the head; either to prevent their being incommodious, or to supply the place of a tarhah. - Emma Darwin at Thirty-One
Soon after his return home, he married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, a noble and charming woman, and a little later, in 1842, he settled at the small village of Down, in the county of Kent, and made his home there until his death in 1882. - Egyptian Musical Instruments, Pipe, Ornaments, etc
- Down House from the Garden
- Door of a Private House
- Diamond Kurs
- Darwin
- Court of a Private House in Cairo
- Coffee-service
- Charles Darwins Signature
- Charles Darwin as a Child with his Sister Catherine
- Bridal Procession (Part II.)
- Bridal Procession (Part I.)
- Bracelets