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An Artist in Egypt

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS
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An artist recounts extended winters and travels in Egypt, combining vivid pictorial sketches with descriptive accounts of Cairo's old quarters, mosques, markets, religious festivals, and everyday life. The narrative moves upriver to Thebes and tombs, records participation in archaeological discoveries, and describes a cross-desert journey to the Red Sea and visits to Nile villages, quarries, and temples. Interwoven are personal anecdotes about servants, hospital stays, and encounters with locals, plus reflections on changing urban landscapes and the enduring rural character of smaller towns and villages.

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THE SPHINX BY MOONLIGHT Frontispiece
WATER MELON SELLER 8
AN ARAB WEDDING PROCESSION 16
A CHEAP RIDE 24
THE KHAN KHALIL, CAIRO 32
SUK ES-SELAH, CAIRO 48
ENTRANCE TO THE HAREEM 56
THE TAKHTABOSH 64
MOSQUE OF MOHAMMED BEY 72
A CAIRENE CAFÉ 80
THE TOMB OF SHEYKH ABD-EL-DEYM 88
ARAB SCHOOL 104
THE BLUE MOSQUE 112
PERSIAN ALMSHOUSES 128
THE STORE OF NASSÁN 136
RETURN OF THE HOLY CARPET 144
A FRUIT-STALL AT BULAK 152
A THEBAN HOMESTEAD 168
THE JACARANDA 176
THE BIRTH COLONNADE IN THE TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSU 184
THE HAIRDRESSER 192
A MARKET ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT 208
THE TOMBS OF THE KHALIFS 216
THE MOSQUE AT KOSSEIR 232
DOORWAY IN THE TEMPLE OF ISIS 240
POTTERY BAZAAR IN A NILE VILLAGE 264
THE VILLAGE OF MARG 272