- 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 - Postures of Prayer (Part I.)
- Postures of Prayer (Part II.)
- 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. - Egyptian
Among the ancient Egyptians very peculiar shaped caps were worn, like from Figures 1 to 7. Some of them would rise to a great height above the head, and then descend very low upon the chest in the shape of lappets. Those of the priests and of their attendants were often loaded with a profusion of symbolical decorations, composed of feathers, lotus leaves and other natural products. - A Peddler
- A Son of the Desert
- All, the Pilot
- An Artist in the Mouskie
- An Assiût Donkey
- 'As good an imitation of Monte Carlo as the law allows.'
- An Assuan Beggar
- At Komombos
- At Lady Grenfell’s Masquerade Ball
- At Philæ
- At the Races, Khedival Sporting Club
- Beni-Hassan
- British Influence
- Camel-back
- Christmas Night—“Auld Lang Syne.”
- Christmas, 1897
- Egyptian High Life
- Girl with goat
- Guardians of the Temple
- His Highness Prince Mahomet Ali, Cairo, February 14, 1898
His Highness Prince Mahomet Ali, Cairo, February 14, 1898 - Home Visitors
- In a Coffee-house, Cairo
- In the Fish-Market
- Indifference
- Karnak, January 2, 1898
- Lunching in Karnak
- Most of the day was spent with Baedeker
- On Grenfell Hill. The Keeper of the Tomb
- On the Bank at Komombos
- On the Bank
- On the Road to Cairo
- Our Bisharin Friends, Assuan
- Our Christmas Dinner, Esneh, December 23
- Posing
- Rameses the Great
- Salem Ghesiri Dragoman
- Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo
- Shopping
- Statue of Thothmes, Karnak
- Temple of Ti
- The Bridge
- The Present Situation
- The Sheik of the Pyramids
- The Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898
- The man who has ‘been there before
- A Bargain in the Ghezireh Gardens
- A Dancing-Girl
- A Daughter of the Nile
- A Dealer in Antiquities
- Thebes, January 2, 1898
- Tombs of the Kings, Thebes
- A Descendant of the Prophet
- A Guardian of the Temple
- A Karnak Beggar
A Karnak Beggar - A Luxor Dancing-girl