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EXHIBITION

Cairo to Constantinople

Early Photographs of the Middle East

Cairo to Constantinople: Photographs of the Middle East at The Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace
Cairo to Constantinople: Photographs of the Middle East at The Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace ©
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    Daily (Friday, 31 Oct 2014 - Sunday, 15 Feb 2015)

Seen through the photographs of Francis Bedford (1815-94), the first photographer to travel on a royal tour, it explores the cultural and political significance Victorian Britain attached to the region, which was then as complex and contested as it remains today.

The tour took the Prince to Egypt, Palestine and the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece where he met rulers, politicians and other notable figures, and travelled in a manner not associated with royalty – by horse and camping out in tents.

On the royal party’s return to England, Francis Bedford’s work was displayed in what was described as ‘the most important photographic exhibition that has hitherto been placed before the public’.

Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East is presented alongside Gold at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

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