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Maxime Du Camp — Palais de Karnak, Appartements Privés du Palais, Promenoir de Tôthmès III; Thèbes, plate 45 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Palais de Karnak, Appartements Privés du Palais, Promenoir de Tôthmès III; Thèbes, plate 45 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Revealing the intimate scale of royal domestic architecture within the vast Karnak complex, this image documents the private apartments and promenade of Thutmose III with the precision that made photography invaluable to Egyptology.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Maxime Du Camp, Palais de Karnak, Appartements Privés du Palais, Promenoir de Tôthmès III; Thèbes, plate 45 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849

Revealing the intimate scale of royal domestic architecture within the vast Karnak complex, this image documents the private apartments and promenade of Thutmose III with the precision that made photography invaluable to Egyptology.

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

Related themes

French, 19th Century, Documentary Photography, Landscape, Sepia, Architecture, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art