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J. Couyat 
Egyptian Grafitti 
1911 
  
Cyanotype 
4.5 x 5.5 in (14 x 12 cm) 
  
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs 
 
LL/19967 
  
Cyanotype print, probably unique, of Egyptian rock inscriptions, photograph by J. Couyat from the expedition to OuÔdi HammÔmÔt, Egypt of J. Couyat & P. Montet, 1911. Number 77 visible in the image.
 
OuÔdi HammÔmÔt is a remote location in Egypt to which the Frenchmen Couyat and Montet made the first photographic expedition in 1911. A very limited number of cyanotypes were produced on site during the expedition. This image very likely represents the first print of the first photograph ever taken of its millennia-old subject. 
 

 
  
 
  
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