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Maxime Du Camp — Rive Orientale du Nil (Village de Bab), Vue Prise au Sud Philoe; Nubie, plate 82 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Rive Orientale du Nil (Village de Bab), Vue Prise au Sud Philoe; Nubie, plate 82 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Beyond documenting monuments, Du Camp captured the living landscape of 19th-century Nubia, showing the village of Bab along the Nile's eastern bank. His inclusion of contemporary settlements alongside ancient ruins provides valuable ethnographic context.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Maxime Du Camp, Rive Orientale du Nil (Village de Bab), Vue Prise au Sud Philoe; Nubie, plate 82 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849

Beyond documenting monuments, Du Camp captured the living landscape of 19th-century Nubia, showing the village of Bab along the Nile's eastern bank. His inclusion of contemporary settlements alongside ancient ruins provides valuable ethnographic context.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Documentary, Historic, Egypt, Landscape, Travel, Architecture, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art