Cairo to Constantinople: Francis Bedford's Photographs of the Middle East

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HardCover. Pub Date :2013-03-11 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: Royal Collection Trust In the spring of 1862. Queen Victoria commissioned the leading British photographer Francis Bedford to accompany her son and heir. the future King Edward VII. on an ambitious journey across the Middle East. This beautifully illustrated book traces their tour throughout Egypt. Palestine. Turkey. and Greece alongside excerpts from Prince Edward's diary and other newly discovered archival material. published here for the first time.Over the course of several months . Bedford produced more than two hundred negatives. including images of architecture and stunning landscapes. from a breathtaking view of the Garden of Gethsemane to shots of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. He was the first Christian granted permission to photograph sacred sites in Jerusalem. Bedford also captured many ph...