Name of Object:

Fellahs (peasants) use a shadouf to draw water from the Nile from a well

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

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Date of Object:

1852

Author:

Photographer: Ernest Benecke (1817-1894)

Inventory Number:

27-VII-3

Description:

Ernest Benecke (1817–1894), a French photographer of Anglo-German origins, was one of the first to be interested in the people rather than the monuments he saw during his travels in the Middle East. His pictures foreground daily life, as we can see from this photograph, which was taken in Egypt and shows a traditional mode of irrigation using the shadouf, a weighted appliance which allowed water to be poured from a well over a field.

Type of Object

Photograph

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

27-VII-3

Citation of this web page:

"Fellahs (peasants) use a shadouf to draw water from the Nile from a well" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;27;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 027