Jean Sébah was a photographer active in Egypt, Turkey, and the Levant during the last quarter of the nineteenth and first quarter of the twentieth centuries. In 1888, he inherited a photography business begun by his father, Pascal Sébah, and partnered with Policarpe Joaillier to form the studio known as Sébah and Joaillier.
Transcripton of information written on photograph: Verso: "Cairo./ Fountain of 'Abd er-Rahman lower part, chamer for distribution of water./ Accession: 21443; 161/ C136/ 151; 118"; Recto: "Fontaine El-Nahassine 73/ J.P. Sebah"