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Félix Teynard — General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel
Félix Teynard

General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel

1851

Including the photographer's boat in the composition provides human scale while documenting both the monuments and the adventurous nature of early archaeological photography.

Medium
salted paper print from a paper negative

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Félix Teynard, General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel, 1851

Including the photographer's boat in the composition provides human scale while documenting both the monuments and the adventurous nature of early archaeological photography.

Medium
salted paper print from a paper negative
Year
1851
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Nineteenth Century, Monument, Monochrome, Photography, French, Documentary, Egypt, Landscape, Historical, Salted Paper Print

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