Search results

Start typing

This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

View from Mosque of Mehemet Ali, M. of S. Hasan [Mosque of Muhammad Ali and Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo]

3 March 1862

RCIN 2700862

The Prince of Wales climbed to the roof of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali to admire the view across the city. He wrote in his journal, ‘we had a splendid view of the town & country & the Pyramids in the distance fr. the roof’. Here Bedford includes the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, built in the mid-fourteenth century. Acquired by the Prince of Wales, 1862

    The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.