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Louis de Clercq — Kaalat el Athlit, Syria, View from the Seaside

Louis de Clercq

Kaalat el Athlit, Syria, View from the Seaside

1859

Pioneering architectural photography in the Middle East documents Crusader castle ruins, representing early systematic photographic surveys of historical monuments.

Medium
albumen print from calotype negatives

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Louis de Clercq, Kaalat el Athlit, Syria, View from the Seaside, 1859

Pioneering architectural photography in the Middle East documents Crusader castle ruins, representing early systematic photographic surveys of historical monuments.

Medium
albumen print from calotype negatives
Year
1859
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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French, Albumen Print, Coastal, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Landscape, Historical, Architecture, Sepia Tones

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