Abu Nabut and Negro Slaves in Cairo

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Artist: Ernest Benecke (German (born England), 1817–1894)
Date: April 22, 1852
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions: Image: 21.8 x 17.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.) Mount: 44.6 x 31.7 cm (17 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.100.320

[Children from the Village of Kalabshah, Nubia]
Ernest Benecke
1852 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025614
[Two Women]
Ernest Benecke
1852 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025845
Autopsy of the First Crocodile Onboard, Upper Egypt
Ernest Benecke
1852 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025911
Egyptian Musicians (Rabawí) and Almée
Ernest Benecke
February 20, 1852 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025965

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.