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Henri Béchard — Thebes, The Colossi of Memnon

Henri Béchard

Thebes, The Colossi of Memnon

1870

Monumental seated figures guarding the Theban necropolis appear in all their weathered majesty through Béchard's pioneering documentation of Egyptian monuments.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Henri Béchard, Thebes, The Colossi of Memnon, 1870

Monumental seated figures guarding the Theban necropolis appear in all their weathered majesty through Béchard's pioneering documentation of Egyptian monuments.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1870
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monument, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Egypt, Landscape, Architecture, Sepia Tones

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