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, Mosque of Mohammed 'A[li]/ Int. court showing pavement of square slabs of marble.../ Accession 21435/ E16932/ 161/ C163/ 309/ 816; Recto:/ 4 Mosquee Mohamed-Aly (Citadelle Fontain des Ablutians)/ J.P. Sebah