Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spotted

John Beasley Greene — View of Luxor
John Beasley Greene

View of Luxor

1854

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Egypt, Greene's salted paper print captures the ancient temple complex with remarkable clarity and atmospheric depth for the 1850s.

Medium
salted paper print from waxed paper negative

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

More by John Beasley Greene

John Beasley Greene

John Beasley Greene

Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Left Wall (Médinet-Habou, Temple funéraire de Ramsès III, paroi gauche

Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Left Wall (Médinet-Habou, Temple funéraire de Ramsès III, paroi gauche

1854

Untitled [Roman sculptures, Cherchell Museum]

Untitled [Roman sculptures, Cherchell Museum]

1856

Request access to see more

Spotted works by John Beasley Greene

✦

Art Institute of Chicago

4 spotted

✦

Cleveland Museum of Art

2 spotted

About this work

John Beasley Greene, View of Luxor, 1854

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Egypt, Greene's salted paper print captures the ancient temple complex with remarkable clarity and atmospheric depth for the 1850s.

Medium
salted paper print from waxed paper negative
Year
1854
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Egypt, Early Photography, Landscape, Travel, Architecture, Salted Paper

More works by John Beasley Greene

Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art