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Maxime Du Camp — Temple d'Ombos, Haute-Egypte, plate 65 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Temple d'Ombos, Haute-Egypte, plate 65 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Ptolemaic temple architecture is preserved in extraordinary detail through Du Camp's camera, showing the well-preserved reliefs and columns of this Upper Egyptian sanctuary.

Medium
Salted paper print

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Maxime Du Camp, Temple d'Ombos, Haute-Egypte, plate 65 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849

Ptolemaic temple architecture is preserved in extraordinary detail through Du Camp's camera, showing the well-preserved reliefs and columns of this Upper Egyptian sanctuary.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, French, Documentary, Architectural, Photograph, Egypt, Temple, Landscape, Historical, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art