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Francis Bedford — Balbec

Francis Bedford

Balbec

1862

Part of Bedford's pioneering photographic documentation of the Middle East, this albumen print captures the ancient ruins of Baalbek with the sharp detail and broad tonal range of early wet plate photography.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Francis Bedford, Balbec, 1862

Part of Bedford's pioneering photographic documentation of the Middle East, this albumen print captures the ancient ruins of Baalbek with the sharp detail and broad tonal range of early wet plate photography.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1862
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, Landscape, Sepia, Travel, British, Architecture

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art