Causeway Guard, Suakin, Sudan
In this photograph of the Red Sea port of Suakin, Sudan, the distinctive coral architecture of the causeway gate and guardhouse frame a shimmering sliver of water beyond. Made by an unknown photographer affiliated with the British army stationed in the city between 1883 and 1885 during the colonial Mahdist War – a conflict between British-backed Egyptian rule and Mahdist Sudanese – it is at once a travel view and military document.
Artwork Details
- Title: Causeway Guard, Suakin, Sudan
- Artist: Unknown (British or Australian)
- Date: 1883–85
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: Image: 6 3/16 × 8 1/8 in. (15.7 × 20.6 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2017
- Object Number: 2017.117
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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