Émile Béchard (1844-date unknown )Egypt, c. 1870. Collection of Egyptian types. Trip to Upper Egypt and Nubia. Journey in Lower Egypt. Scribes. Musicians. Beggars. Water carriers. High dignitaries. Weavers. Sheik Sadad. Tobacco merchant. Market gardeners. Lamp merchants. Tailors. Agricultural workers. Temple of Ibsamboul. Temple of Seboua. Temple of Maharaka West. Temple of Maharaka. Temple of Kircheh. Temple of Dandur. Temple of Kalapchel. Temple of Kerdaseh. Temple of Debod. The crocodile hunt. Island of Philae. Cataract of Aswan. Port of Aswan. Temple of Ombos. Gebel Silsileh. Pylon of Edfu temples. Temple of Edfu. Louqsor. Karnak. Thebes. Colossi of Memnon. Tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Temple of Ramaseum. Medinet Abu. Temple of Seti I in Abydos. Temple of Denderah. Girgeh. Caves of Beni Hassan. Sakieh. Saqqarah. Pyramid of Cheops. Sphinx. Climbing the Great Pyramid. Pyramid of Chephren. Citadel of Cairo. Bab-el-Nasr district. Tombs of the Mamluks. Tombs of the Caliphs. Barkouk Mosque. El Ashraf Mosque. Caid Bey Mosque. Mosque of Mehmet Ali. Mosque of Sultan Hassan. Mosque of Touloum. Moucharabieh. Mansour Pacha Street. The Mokatan. The Halig. Three (3) albums in-folio in red morocco, titled on the spine, richly decorated with interlacing, the coat of arms of the house of Viceroy Mohammmed Ali Pasha (founder of the dynasty that ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1952) and the initials "I. H. » (probably Hassan Ismail Pasha [1854-1888], son of Viceroy Khedive Ismail Pasha), consisting respectively of 58, 138 and 72 albumen prints mounted on cardboard. Name of the Parisian bookbinder Charles Magnier on the back. Photographer's credit and captions in the negatives at the bottom. Sizes: from 27 x 20 to 27 x 37 cm Often confused with his brother Hippolyte (himself erroneously referred to as Henri), Émile Béchard had a studio in Cairo, with Hippolyte Délié, then alone, from 1869