Zangaki, fl. 1880-1899 ( photographer)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1880 - 1899
Biography
Zangaki was a commercial photographer active in Egypt in the 1880s and 1890s. Zangaki specialized in views of the Nile, the Pyramids and other antiquities, Cairo scenes and ethnic groups.
Sources:
Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Panorama de Suez [rest of title faded], 1880 - 1889
287 x 223 mm. A view looking over an open square towards the houses of the town and distant hills. Photograph by Zangaki.
[Portrait of a young woman], 1880 - 1889
222 x 294 mm. Full length seated studio portrait of a young woman wearing a fez, embroidered waistcoat and pantaloons. A hookah stands on the table beside her. Photographer unknown, probably Zangaki.
Pyramide de Cheops, 1880 - 1889
263 x 222 mm. General view of the Great Pyramid. Photograph by Zangaki.
Rue de la Place de Lesseps à Port-Said, 1888 - 1889
281 x 219 mm. A view looking along the street named after the canal’s engineer, with hotels on either side, and Arabs with a donkey cart in the foreground. No. 457 in a series of photographs by Zangaki.
Rue Mosquée des Pharaons, Caire [i.e. Cairo], 1880 - 1889
222 x 285 mm. View looking along the street towards the Mosque. Photograph by Zangaki.
Saqquieh, Caire [i.e. Cairo], 1880 - 1889
223 x 280 mm. Showing three Arabs drawing water from a well. Photograph by Zangaki.
Soldat Abyssin a Dogali, 1880 - 1889
222 x 280 mm. Showing a warrior seated on a camel and brandishing a spear. Photograph by Zangaki.
[Sudanese warrior], 1880 - 1889
191 x 278 mm. Half length portrait of a young warrior. Photographer unknown, probably Zangaki.
[Sudanese warriors], 1880 - 1889
223 x 281 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Sudanese warriors, dressed in white and carrying spears. Photographer unknown, probably Zangaki.
Suez Canal, 1888 - 1889
280 x 219 mm. A poor photograph, with a double image through movement during exposure or printing. A view looking along the canal, with a three-masted steamer approaching from the right.
Troopship-passing station-Suez Canal, 1888 - 1889
280 x 218 mm. A view looking along the canal with ships moored on the far bank, and a troopship steaming up the canal. The station is the cluster of bungalows, with a flagstaff, on the far bank-presumably military garrisons, or stopping-off places on the journey (descendants of Waghorn’s stations on the overland route from Cairo to Suez?)
[Up-stream lock at Al-Isma`iliyah], 1880 - 1889
283 x 218 mm. View looking down onto one of the locks at Ismailia. Photograph at Zangaki.
Vue d'Alexandrie et les bains de mer, 1880 - 1889
276 x 222 mm. View looking along a section of waterfront at Alexandria, not precisely located, but probably on the East Harbour. Photograph by Zangaki.
Vue générale de Port Said, 1898 - 1901
280 x 220 mm.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Africa (continent) 37
- Egypt (nation) 31
- Urban (region) 13
- Cairo (governorate) 6
- Cairo, Egypt (inhabited place) 6
- Suez (governorate) 5
- Al-Iskandariyah (governate) 4
- Port Said (inhabited place) 4
- Desert (region) 3
- Matruh (governate) 3
- Pyramids of Giza (ruins) 3
- Suways, Qanat as- (canal) 3
- Port Said (governate) 2
- Suez (inhabited place) 2
- Abu al-Hawl (ruins) 1
- Al-Isma`iliyah (governate) 1
- Al-Isma`iliyah (inhabited place) 1
- Ismailia (inhabited place) 1
- Lower Egypt (region) 1
- Manzilah, Buhayrat al (lake) 1
- Nile River (river) 1 + ∧ less