Panoramic photograph of the riverside facade of the Gezirah Palace hotel, Cairo, Egypt, 1903 (c).
Commissioned by Khedive Ismail in 1868 to celebrate the opening of the Suez canal in 1869, the palace was sold in 1889 to become a hotel. A long stretch of the river Nile plus many buildings on the other side can be seen.
From a brown bound photograph album of 74 images and 1 archive compiled by Col William Spottiswoode Sparkes relating to his service in Egypt and Britain, 1903 (c).
Then a Lt Col, Sparkes had been employed by the Egyptian Army since 1896.
One of five photograph albums relating to Col William Spottiswoode Sparkes, Welsh Regiment and Egyptian Army.