Francis Bedford (1815-94)
View from Mosque of Mehemet Ali, M. of S. Hasan [Mosque of Muhammad Ali and Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo] 3 March 1862
RCIN 2700862
![View from Mosque of Mehemet Ali, M. of S. Hasan [Mosque of Muhammad Ali and Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/8/226521-1320401061.jpg?itok=NKAWle99 "View from Mosque of Mehemet Ali, M. of S. Hasan [Mosque of Muhammad Ali and Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo]")
The Prince of Wales climbed to the roof of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali to admire the view across the city. He wrote in his journal, ‘we had a splendid view of the town & country & the Pyramids in the distance fr. the roof’. Here Bedford includes the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, built in the mid-fourteenth century.
Acquired by the Prince of Wales, 1862
