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Maxime Du Camp — Ibsamboul, Colosse Oriental Du Grand Spéos De Phrè; Nubie, plate 103 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Ibsamboul, Colosse Oriental Du Grand Spéos De Phrè; Nubie, plate 103 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

One of the colossal statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel dominates this frame, representing Du Camp's documentation of what many considered the most spectacular monument in ancient Nubia.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Maxime Du Camp, Ibsamboul, Colosse Oriental Du Grand Spéos De Phrè; Nubie, plate 103 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849

One of the colossal statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel dominates this frame, representing Du Camp's documentation of what many considered the most spectacular monument in ancient Nubia.

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

Related themes

Monument, Monochrome, Photography, French, Documentary, 19th Century, Egypt, Architecture, Ancient, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art