Egypt: An 1830s sketch of an Egyptian woman by Edward W. Lane (1801-1876). Some say the portrait is, in fact, Lane’s Greek wife Nefeeseh who he bought at a slave market in Cairo. Edward William Lane (1801-1876) was a British Orientalist, translator and Arabic scholar who lived in Ottoman Cairo from 1825-28. So fascinated was he with Egypt, he dressed as an Ottoman Turk and spent much time sketching the backstreets of Cairo. Upon his return to England he translated the novel ‘Arabian Nights’ [‘1001 nights’] and ‘Selections from the Qur’an’.

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Size: 3810px × 4630px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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