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Maxime Du Camp — Louqsor, Vue Générale des Ruines; Thèbes, plate 24 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Louqsor, Vue Générale des Ruines; Thèbes, plate 24 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Egyptian monuments, these salted paper prints capture the ruins of ancient Luxor with remarkable clarity for the medium's infancy. Du Camp's pioneering photographic expedition with Gustave Flaubert helped introduce European audiences to the grandeur of pharaonic architecture.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Maxime Du Camp, Louqsor, Vue Générale des Ruines; Thèbes, plate 24 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Egyptian monuments, these salted paper prints capture the ruins of ancient Luxor with remarkable clarity for the medium's infancy. Du Camp's pioneering photographic expedition with Gustave Flaubert helped introduce European audiences to the grandeur of pharaonic architecture.

Medium
Salted paper print
Year
1849
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

French, Archaeological, Sepia Tone, Historic, 19th Century, Photograph, Egypt, Landscape, Travel, Salted Paper Print

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