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Opening of the Suez Canal
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Pascal Sebah: Opening of the Suez Canal


Opening of the Suez Canal

Opening: $380
Hammer Price: $380
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Skylight Gallery 12
February 2001

Larger-format albumen print showing the international fleet gathered at the ceremonial opening of the Suez Canal, 1869, by Pascal Sebah. Titled in the negative "No. 115. Les flottes dans le Lac Timsah. / P. Sébah Phot." Vintage print ca. 1870, 10 x 13 inches (26x33 cm) mounted on period sheet.   ( Inventory# gd44 )

An historical nautical scene dramatically composed.

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