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An 1835 portrait of British scholar Edward W. Lane in traditional Ottoman Turk dress holding a pipe.
![Edward William Lane (1801-76) 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'.](/photos/prev/ZjQ5YmQzMA/album_alb5478417.webp)
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Title:
An 1835 portrait of British scholar Edward W. Lane in traditional Ottoman Turk dress holding a pipe.
Caption:
Edward William Lane (1801-76) 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'.
Credit:
Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group
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Image size:
3600 x 4861 px | 50.1 MB
Print size:
30.5 x 41.2 cm | 12.0 x 16.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
CLOTHING: TURBAN • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EGYPTOLOGIST • EGYPTOLOGY • HEADGEAR: TURBAN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOOKAH • ISLAM • ISLAMISM • MIDDLE EAST • MUSLIM • ORIENTALISM • OTTOMAN • OZYMANDIAS • SHISHA • TURBAN • TURKISH
