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Africa Egitto

title: PORTRAIT OF ISMAIL PASHA, VICEROY OF EGYPT

subject date: 2006-10-26

caption: Ismail Pascià (1830 - 1895). Khedivé of Egypt (1863-1879). Son of Ibrahim Pasha, succedette to the uncle Said. Engaged to modernize the country, he was swept up by a frightening national debt in order to face which revenges to Great Britain its sets in action of Suez Canal (1875). Own for the inauguration of the Channel commisionò to Giuseppe Verdi a hymn, after several vicessitudini Giuseppe Verdi accepted and of the Aida work was born that was staged for the first time to the Theatre dell’ Work of the Cairo the evening of 24 December 1871.

category: HIS

city: Africa

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Egitto

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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place: Africa

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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continent: Africa

image century : XIX

image epoch: vuoto

licence: RM

subject century: XIX

subject epoch: Ottocento

technique: Incisione

id: 19050

file name: FSNgilardi_57208.jpg

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Ismail PasciàKhedivévicerèEgyptSuez CanalVerdi G.AidaIsmail PasciàportraitcommittentevicerèKhedivé