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title: PORTRAIT OF ISMAIL PASHA, VICEROY OF EGYPT

subject date: 2006-10-26

caption: ISMAIL PASHA (31 December 1830 – 2 March 1895). Khedive of Egypt (1863-1879). Son of Ibrahim Pasha, he succeeded his uncle Said. Committed to modernizing the country, he was overwhelmed by a terrifying public debt, which he then used to pay off by selling his shares in the Suez Canal to Great Britain (1875). For the inauguration of the Canal, he commissioned a hymn from Giuseppe Verdi. After various vicissitudes, Giuseppe Verdi accepted, and the result was the opera Aida, which premiered at the Cairo Opera House on the evening of 24 December 1871. Portrayed in a coloured engraving of the time, 19th century.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Egitto

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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

object name: 57209

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

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continent: Africa

image century : XIX

image epoch: Ottocento

licence: RM

subject century: XIX

subject epoch: Ottocento

technique: Incisione colorata

id: 19051

file name: FSNgilardi_57209.jpg

keywords

Ismāʿīl PashaKhediveviceroyEgyptSuez CanalG. VerdiAidaIsmail PasciàcustomerportraitIsma'il PashaIsma'il the Magnificent