A carte-de-visite showing a group of Egyptians arranged on the floor of the photographer’s studio. The group comprises three adults, two of whom have musical instruments, and a child with a shaved head lying across the front of the composition.

An inked inscription on the reverse of the mount reads: ‘Mendiants / Egypte, 1869’ [Beggars / Egypt, 1869].

Photographer unidentified.