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16.5 x 10.5 cm
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Pascal Sebah was a known photographer. He was born in 1823 in Istanbul (Turkey). His father was a catholic from Syria and his mother was Armenian. In 1857 he opened his personal studio in Istanbul, followed by another one in Cairo (Egypt) in 1873. He participated in many international photographic exhibitions. He died in 1886 and his business was taken over by his brother and his son, in collaboration with other photographers.
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Photographic portrait of a young man with a moustache and leather gloves, standing between a table and a chair. He is holding a hat and a cane in his left hand. The photo shop's logo in the lower part of the recto. Blank verso.
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French
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Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Sébah, P.. “Photograph of a man”. Photograph, n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF003-0030 (1983), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF003-0030.
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- Sébah, P. (Authority)