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: "707/ Place: Cairo/ Subject: Citadel. Exterior: view of outer walls and mosque of Mohammed Ali./ Class 161/ C136/ 109/ Accession 21365"