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Egypt, The Pyramids and other archaeological sites
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1.Aimé Rochas
1849 (after, taken) 1852 (print)
Pyramid of Cheops, Middle Egypt

Salted paper print
14.6 x 20.7 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Purchased 1971, no. 21569.9
 
Printed by Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Evrard.
 
LL/39099
2.John Beasly Greene
1854
Pyramide de Gizeh
[Le Nil, pl. 2]

Papier salé d'après négatif papier
23.5 x 30.5 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Acquisition 1943
 
LL/7835
3.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, From the South-West
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.3 x 23.0 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0049)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21197
4.Francis Frith
1858
Pyramids of el-Geezah from the south west
[Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views]

Albumen print
9 7/8 x 12 1/2 in (25 x 31.5 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
From Frith's "Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views." NOTE: This print was probably printed by Carlo Ponti in 1860. It is slightly reduced from the version Frith originally published.
 
LL/24951
5.Francis Frith
1859
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, From the South-West

Albumen print
37.7 x 48.8 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
LL/39155
6.Francis Frith
1857
Rock-Tombs, and Pyramid

Albumen print
6 1/16 x 9 in
 
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
 
LL/3221
7.H. Béchard
1870s (mid)
The Three Great Pyramids

Albumen print
27 x 37,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
(88 / 4007)
 
LL/15707
8.Zangaki Brothers
1890
Cheops Pyramid, Egypt
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26054
9.Frank Good
n.d.
#98 Egypt. the Great Pyramid and Excavated Temple
[Good's Eastern Series]

Stereoview, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 567)
 
LL/13865
10.Félix Bonfils
1870s
Les trois Pyramides / the three Pyramids / Ansicht Der Drei Kleinen Pyramiden
[Vues de Tout l'Orient par Bonfils Phot. A Alais (Gard) - AlaisTyp. Lith. A. Brugueirolle & Cie]

Albumen print
38.8 cm x 28.6 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in) on 62.5 cm x 48,5 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in) mount
 
Private collection of Thomas Weynants
LL/11942
11.Félix Bonfils
1870s
Temple de Chafra. Sphinx & Pyramide de Khéops / Temple of Chaffra, Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops / Pyramid Des Cheops, Sphinx und Tempel des Cafra
[Vues de Tout l'Orient par Bonfils Phot. A Alais (Gard) - AlaisTyp. Lith. A. Brugueirolle & Cie]

Albumen print
38.8 cm x 28.6 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in) on 62.5 cm x 48,5 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in) mount
 
Private collection of Thomas Weynants
LL/11938
12.Félix Bonfils
1870s
Temple de Chafra. Sphinx & Pyramide de Khéops / Temple of Chaffra, Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops / Pyramid Des Cheops, Sphinx und Tempel des Cafra (Detail)
[Vues de Tout l'Orient par Bonfils Phot. A Alais (Gard) - AlaisTyp. Lith. A. Brugueirolle & Cie]

Albumen print
38.8 cm x 28.6 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in) on 62.5 cm x 48,5 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in) mount
 
Private collection of Thomas Weynants
LL/11939
13.Félix Bonfils
1870s
Temple de Chafra. Sphinx & Pyramide de Khéops / Temple of Chaffra, Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops / Pyramid Des Cheops, Sphinx und Tempel des Cafra (Back)
[Vues de Tout l'Orient par Bonfils Phot. A Alais (Gard) - AlaisTyp. Lith. A. Brugueirolle & Cie]

Albumen print
38.8 cm x 28.6 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in) on 62.5 cm x 48,5 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in) mount
 
Private collection of Thomas Weynants
LL/11940
14.Félix Bonfils
1880 (ca)
Le sphynx et les pyramides de Cheffren et Mycérinus

Albumen print, hand-coloured
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/43446
15.Zangaki Brothers
1870 (ca)
Egypte Pyramide Sphynx Gizeh

Albumen print
20.5 x 27 cm
 
Vintage-Photos
LL/35745
16.Émile Béchard
1875 (ca)
Ascension de la grande pyramide (no 143)

Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion
42 x 29 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
LL/7844
17.P. Dittrich
1890 (ca)
Ascension of the Cheops Pyramid, Egypt
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26072
18.Keystone View Company
n.d.
8632 the Graf Zeppelin's Rendezvous with the Eternal Desert and the more than 4000-year old Pyramids of Giza, Egypt (Detail)

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 415)
 
Please note that this image has been cropped from the original stereocard and the number 5 removed from the top left hand corner.
 
LL/11787
19.Pascal Sebah
1870s
Nr. 182. Ascension de la Grande Pyramide

Albumen print
14 x 10 3/4
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5836
20.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Tourists climbing the Pyramid of Cheops

Albumen print
9.6`Æ x 7.8 in (244 mm x 200 mm)
 
Paul Frecker
Paul Frecker provides the following comments:
 
"As a result of the organized tours introduced in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Egypt enjoyed enormously popularity as a holiday destination, and photographers were quick to target this market. This is one of the conventional views of the Great Pyramid that quickly became an established staple of the tourist market. People looking at the photograph could immediately identify the monument solely by its diagonal edge. More importantly, the anecdotal character of the image, which clearly emphasized the local guides and tourists climbing up the pyramid, made it the perfect souvenir. Photographs like this one were not only mementos of the highlights of their Grand Tour, but also proof to their friends and relations of how strenuous and exciting the trip had been.
 
The other market for such images was the "armchair traveller". Félix Bonfils in the introduction to his 1878 photograph album Egypt and Nubia wrote that "[t[hose who are prevented from travelling to these sites due to illness, lack of funds, or their domestic situations, have the possibility to go at their leisure, at low cost and with little effort, to those countries which many have reached only at the risk of their lives."
 
LL/12158
21.Pascal Sebah
1870s
Nr. 268. Route des Pyramides vue de loin

Albumen print
10 3/4 x 14
 
Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris
LL/5837
22.Unidentified photographer
1870-1880
View of one of the Pyramids (Egypt)

Albumen print
25 x 19 cm
 
Dennis George Crow
Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com)
 
LL/10721
23.Unidentified photographer
1887-1888 (ca) album compiled
No. 170 Les deux Grandes Pyramides

Albumen print
26,5 x 33,5 cm
 
Private collection of Christoph Laubsch
From an Album "Egypten, Griechenland, Turkei" (Egypt, Greece, Turkey) containing albumen prints.
 
LL/17507
24.Ernest Ashton
1897
Le soir pres des Pyramides
[Photo-Club de Paris / 1897, Pl. II]

Heliogravure / Photogravure
11.8 x 15.8 cm
 
Photoseed
Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com
 
Ernest R. Ashton
 
Country: England: Tunbridge Wells
 
This photo was reproduced as a photogravure titled: "Evening near the Pyramids" : Camera Notes: October, 1898.
 

 
Plate (Graveur) by Fillon et Heuse
Print: Ateliers Charles Wittmann
 
Included in the "Quatrieme Année Salon de Photographie" of the Photo-Club of Paris (1897)
 
LL/14825
25.Ernest Ashton
1897
Abend An Den Pyramiden
[Die Kunst in der Photographie (Art Folio #5)]

Photogravure-Chine-collé
14.5 x 20.2 cm
 
Photoseed
Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com
 
Ernest Russel Ashton
 
Heliographed (Plate) & Printed by: Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co. (Berlin)
 
Signed: Ernest R. Ashton Broadlands. (lower left corner)
 
This photo reproduced as a photogravure in: Quatrieme Année Salon de Photographie" of the Photo-Club of Paris (1897) : Planche II & as a photogravure titled: "Evening near the Pyramids" in: Camera Notes: October, 1898.
 
Ashton's Linked Ring pseudonym was the "Orientalist" because he traveled and photographed extensively in the Middle East and India.
 
LL/15676
26.C.H. Graves
1903 (copyright)
13. The Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops. Egypt.

Stereoview, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Aucton #10-3, Lot: 52
 
Note that the lady is holding her camera.
 
LL/40272
27.Chusseau-Flaviens
1900-1919 (ca)
Egypte scene aux Pyramides

Negative, gelatin on glass
12 x 19 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1975:0111:5103
 
LL/35705
28.Mahoud Hosni
1940
Pyramids at Sunset, Egypt

Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 in
 
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/18149
29.Frank Hurley
1939-1945
The pyramids of Gizeh [Egypt, World War II]

Glass negative, 1/2 plate
National Library of Australia
nla.pic-an23815904
 
See caption slip. "The pyramids of Gizeh. Cheops is farthest from the camera & is the largest. Kephren is centre & next in size & the third & smallest is Mycerinus. During the 'Pyramid' age no less than 70 pyramids in all were erected. They are simply colossal masses of masonry that house the small tomb chambers of the respective Pharaohs who built them. For life to be eternal in the next world, it was imperative that the Pharaoh's mummy be in existence & so these great structures were built to house the mummy-for ever. These three, perhaps with one or two exceptions are the best specimens remaining of that civilization(?) that raised them nearly 6,000 years ago!".
 
LL/39399
30.Félix Bonfils
1875 (ca)
La Sphinx

Albumen print, from glass plate negative
21 x 27 cm (image) 34 x 43 cm (modern mount)
 
Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont.
www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 600
 
Labeled and numbered in the negative [in French], "La Sphinx" and "No. 608".
 
LL/30604
31.Maxime Du Camp
1849-1850 (ca)
Le Sphinx, Egypt Moyenne

Salted paper print
21 x 15 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of G. C. Monkhouse
 
LL/50391
32.John Beasly Greene
1854
Le Sphinx de Gizeh
[Le Nil, pl. 1]

Papier salé d'après négatif papier
23.5 x 30 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Acquisition 1943
 
LL/7834
33.Félix Bonfils
1870s
Le Sphynx / the Sphynx / Die Sphinx
[Vues de Tout l'Orient par Bonfils Phot. A Alais (Gard) - AlaisTyp. Lith. A. Brugueirolle & Cie]

Albumen print
38.8 cm x 28.6 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in) on 62.5 cm x 48,5 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in) mount
 
Private collection of Thomas Weynants
LL/11941
34.Zangaki Brothers
1870s (ca)
The Sphinx and the Pyramids

Albumen print
8.2 in x 10.6 in (209 mm x 270 mm)
 
Paul Frecker
Signed, numbered 365 and titled Le Sphinx and les Pyramides in the negative.
 
LL/12884
35.Francis Frith
1858
The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx

Albumen print
15 9/16 x 19 5/16 in
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XM.633.12)
 
LL/7355
36.Frank Good
1870 (ca)
The Sphinx and Large Pyramid

Albumen print
6 x 8 in (15x20 cm)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (gd40.643)
 
On period mount hand-titled "Sphynx", numbered 643 in the negative.
 
Early in its history, the photographer Frank Mason Good traveled to the Near East under commission from Francis Frith's firm and produced many of Frith's negatives. The present outstanding view of Sphinx and great pyramid seems to antedate Frith's first expeditions but bears an extremely low negative number in the Frith company catalog, hence the likelihood of Good's authorship. Good was noted for his adherence to the relatively difficult wet-plate collodion negative on aesthetic grounds, even as wet collodion was supplanted by less demanding photographic processes.
 
LL/13071
37.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, Geezeh
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.2 x 22.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0048)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21196
38.Unidentified photographer
1894, July
Sphinx

Kodak No. 2
4.25 x 5.25 in
 
Private collection of Nigel Maister
"Sphinx Egypt - July 94"; horizontal board mount
 
LL/15227
39.Antonio Beato
1880 (ca)
Sphynx, Egypt
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26061
40.Lehnert & Landrock
1920s (ca, not certain)
The Sphinx

Gelatin silver print
11 x 8.5 cm
 
Private collection of John Toohey
The inscription on the back, in pencil, reads "The Sphinx under repair."
 
The attribution to the Lehnert & Landrock studio is based upon other photographs that were acquired in the same group.
 
LL/36567
41.J. Pascal Sebah
n.d.
Sphinx, Gizeh, Al-Jizah governorate, Egypt

Albumen print
27 x 21 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36669
42.Antonio Beato
n.d.
Sphinx, Gizeh, Al-Jizah governorate, Egypt

Albumen print
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36670
43.H. Béchard
1880 (ca)
Le Sphinx Armachis, Caire [The Sphinx Armachis, Cairo]

Albumen print
21 x 27 cm
 
National Science and Media Museum
LL/39426
44.Unidentified photographer
1900 (before)
Sphinx and Pyramids

Glass lantern slide
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum Archives (S10|08 Gizeh, image 9613)
 
T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street, New York.
 
LL/39452
45.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Pyramids of Dahshoor. From the East
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
15.7 x 23.0 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0051)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 90-91
 
LL/21199
46.Francis Frith
1858
The Pyramids of Dahshoor from the South West

Albumen print, mammoth
15 x 19 ins (38.1 x 48.3 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2257 Lot 10
 
With Frith's signature and date in the negative and the letterpress title on mount recto.
 
LL/44313
47.Francis Frith
1857
The Southern Brick Pyramid of Dashoor (Egypt)
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26079
48.Auguste Léon
1914, 9 February
Egypt, Sakkara, the stepped pyramid

Autochrome
9 x 12 cm
 
Musée Départmental Albert Kahn
© musée Albert-Kahn-Département des Hauts-de-Seine
 
LL/9040
49.Charles Jacquin
n.d.
Step Pyramid

Autochrome
9 x 12 cm
 
Private collection of Hugh Tifft
© Collection Hugh Tifft
 
LL/9176
50.Francis Frith
1858
The Pyramids of Sakkarah from the North East

Albumen print, contact print from collodion glass negative
38 x 47,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
(88 / 4029)
 
LL/15711
51.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Pyramids of Sakkarah From the North-East
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.4 x 23.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0050)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21198
52.Pascal Sebah
1887-1888 (ca) album compiled
No. 49 Grande Pyramide de Sakkarah

Albumen print
26 x 35 cm
 
Private collection of Christoph Laubsch
From an Album "Egypten, Griechenland, Turkei" (Egypt, Greece, Turkey) containing albumen prints.
 
LL/17509
53.Antonio Beato
n.d.
Pyramid of Zoser, Marsa Matruh governorate, Desert, Egypt

Albumen print
21 x 26.5 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36660
54.Francis Frith
1857
Sculptures at Dendara, Egypt

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/31339
55.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Portico of the Temple of Dendera
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.3 x 22.6 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0053)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21201
56.Negretti & Zambra
1858 (ca)
328. Temple of Dendera
[Views in Egypt and Nubia]

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 191)
 
John Saddy in his description of this stereocard pointed out that it may be Francis Frith's dark tent in the foreground.
 
LL/11718
57.Negretti & Zambra
1858 (ca)
328. Temple of Dendera (Detail)
[Views in Egypt and Nubia]

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 191)
 
John Saddy in his description of this stereocard pointed out that it may be Francis Frith's dark tent in the foreground.
 
LL/11719
58.Negretti & Zambra
1858 (ca)
328. Temple of Dendera (Back)
[Views in Egypt and Nubia]

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 191)
 
John Saddy in his description of this stereocard pointed out that it may be Francis Frith's dark tent in the foreground.
 
LL/11717
59.Louis de Clercq
1858 (ca)
Denderah (Facade du midi)

Albumen print, from a waxed paper negative
20,8 x 27,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4038, Dec 5, 2007)
 
Flush-mounted to original album page (some foxing) with title and the photographer's monogram printed below the image on the mount.
 
LL/25214
60.Maxime Du Camp
1849
Second Pylon of the Great Temple of Isis at Philae

Salted paper print from paper negative
British Library
LL/6478
61.Francis Frith
1856
Philae, Egypt

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, uncut stereo pair
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/31341
62.Francis Frith
1857
View from Philae. Looking North [Vue prise de Philae, vers le nord]
[Egypt and Palestine, tome I]

Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion
16 x 23 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Acquisition 1974
 
LL/7839
63.Francis Frith
n.d.
337, Philae on the Nile
[Egypt & Nubia]

Stereocard
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 433)
 
LL/11305
64.Henry Cammas
1859-1860
Temple hypetre du sud à Philae (no 169)

Papier albuminé d'après négatif papier
25 x 28 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Dépôt légal 1864
 
LL/7836
65.Henry Cammas
1859-1860
Temple hypetre et port de Philae (no 168)

Papier albuminé d'après négatif papier
25.5 x 30.5 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Dépôt légal 1864
 
LL/7837
66.H. Béchard
1865 (ca)
Ile de Philae prise de l'ile de Begheh

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
10-3/8 x 14-1/4 in (264 x 363 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs Phototographs (www.charlesisaacs.com - u1066j)
 
LL/9202
67.Negretti & Zambra
n.d.
#334 (#2334) (Philae perspective.)

Stereo, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 2)
 
LL/15795
68.Félix Teynard
1851-1852 (ca)
Thebes, Karnak, entrée principale de la salle

Salt paper print
30.5 x 25 cm
 
Artcurial
courtesy of Artcurial (Sale 1170, Lot 153)
 
LL/19536
69.Francis Frith
1856
Karnak, Egypt

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/31335
70.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Obelisk and Granite Lotus Column Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
23.9 x 15.6 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0067)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21215
71.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Pillars in the Great hall, Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.3 x 22.5 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0068)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21216
72.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Broken Obelisk, Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
15.9 x 22.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0069)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21217
73.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Hall of Columns, Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.4 x 22.8 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0070)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21218
74.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Sculptured Gateway &c. Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.5 x 23.5 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0071)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21219
75.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Granite Pylon, Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.3 x 22.7 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0072)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21220
76.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Court of Shishak, Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
22.2 x 15.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0073)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21221
77.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Interior of the Hall of Columns Karnac
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
22.1 x 15.7 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0074)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21222
78.Gustave Le Gray
1867, July
Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak

Albumen print
12 3/4 x 16 1/2
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust [95.XM.55]
 
LL/6049
79.Gustave Le Gray
1867
Temple of Edfu

Albumen silver print, from paper negative
12 3/4 x 16 1/8 in (31.4 x 41 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.192
 
LL/37309
80.G. Lékégian
1880s (ca)
Edfou

Albumen print
Private collection of Peter Spangenberg
LL/43472
81.Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1843-1844
164. Louksor. Bas rel[ief] (Palais de…)

Daguerreotype
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 ins (19 x 12 cm)
 
Christie's - New York
Christies - NY (Sale: 2396, Lot: 53 - Oct 7, 2010 - A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey)
 
Titled, dated and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso).
 
This bas-relief shows the intricate shallow carvings that cover the outer walls of the Temple complex at Thebes, depicting subjects that include the pharaoh, Ramesses, seen here, and scenes of battle.
 
LL/39316
82.Maxime Du Camp
1850
Louqsor. Grande colonnade du Palais
[Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie, pl. 25]

Papier salé d'après négatif papier
17 x 22 cm
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Ancienne collection Prisse d'Avesnes
 
LL/7846
83.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
View at Luxor
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.1 x 22.7 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0066)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21214
84.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Entrance to the Great Temple- Luxor
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.1 x 21.8 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0065)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21213
85.Félix Teynard
1851-1852
Abu Simbel

Salted paper print from paper negative
24.3 x 30.8 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/8 in)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, 2005 (2005.100.60)
 
LL/7450
86.Félix Teynard
1851-1852
Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel (Abou-Sembil. Grand speos - vue prise de la coulée de sables)
[Egypte et Nubie, sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire, deuxiÞme partie, pl. 153]

Salted paper print from calotype negative
Cleveland Museum of Art
© The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1992.234
 
LL/7942
87.Antonio Beato
n.d.
Facade, Temple, Abu Simbul, Aswan governorate, Egypt

Albumen print
20.5 x 26.5 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36636
88.Francis Frith
1858-1859 (ca)
Thebes, Interior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac
[Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids]

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
225 x 156mm
 
Royal Photographic Society
[Curatorial description - Royal Photographic Society]
 
Frith made three photographic trips to the Middle East at the end of the 1850s with three different cameras, a mammoth plate (20 x 16 inch), a full plate (10 x 8 inch) and a stereo camera. Battling against temperatures of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, dust, flies, robbers and wild dogs, he bought back stunning archaeological and architectural studies of a decayed culture.
 
[Editorial note - Alan Griffiths - 15 December 2011]
 
This may now be part of The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum [Ref No: 2003-5001/2/20095]
 
LL/6298
89.Francis Frith
n.d.
No. 379 - Temples at Memnon, Thebes

Glass view, stereo
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 325)
 
LL/11101
90.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Cleopatra's Temple at Erment Near Thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.2 x 22.5 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0054)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21202
91.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, the Memnonium Thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.3 x 23.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0057)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21205
92.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Rameseum, Thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
15.5 x 22.3 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0058)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21206
93.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Portico of the Temple of Goorneh, Thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
22.0 x 16.2 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0059)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21207
94.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Pylon Gateway at Medinet-Haboo
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
22.0 x 16.2 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0060)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21208
95.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
The Temple Palace, Medinet Haboo
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.0 x 22.7 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0061)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21209
96.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Interior Court of Medinet Haboo
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
15.8 x 23.2 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0062)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21210
97.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
Osiride Pillars at Medinet-Haboo- thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
22.8 x 15.6 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0063)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21211
98.Francis Frith
1857 (ca, taken) 1863 (ca, printed)
New Excavations at Medinet-Haboo- thebes
[Sinai, Palestine, The Nile]

Albumen print
16.1 x 22.3 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Alden Scott Boyer (76:0281:0064)
 
Included in the book "Sinai, Palestine, The Nile" (ca. 1863) published by William Mackenzie.
 
LL/21212
99.Antonio Beato
1880 (ca)
Medinet Abou - Porte de Entrée [Egypt]

Albumen print, from glass plate negative
20.5 x 26.5 cm (image) 35 x 44 cm (mount)
 
Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont.
www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 621
 
With the watermark "J. Whatman 1881" and signed in the negative "A. Beato"
 
LL/30598
100.H. Béchard
1865 (ca)
Thebes. Temple de Ramaseum. Interiure de la Salle Hypostile

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
14-1/16 x 10-1/2 in (358 x 268 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs Phototographs (www.charlesisaacs.com - u1065j)
 
LL/9204
101.Francis Frith
1858
The Rameseum Of El-Kurneh, Thebes, Second View.

Albumen print
370 x 480 mm (14.5 x 19 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
Printed title below.
 
LL/30092
102.Francis Frith
1858 (ca)
The Statues Of The Plain, Thebes

Albumen print
370 x 470 mm (15 x 18.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
Printed title in margin.
 
LL/30091
103.Frank Good
n.d.
The vocal statue of Memnon at Thebes

Albumen print
8.1 x 6.3 in (207 mm x 158 mm)
 
Paul Frecker
The print is is mounted on its original page, presumably once a part of a commercially marketed portfolio of views of Egypt and Nubia. Various labels and printed captions on the mount identify the view, the photographer, the process [an autotype] and the publisher [The Autotype Printing and Publishing Company].
 
LL/12161
104.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Wood mounted static slide of the Colossal Statues of Memnon at Thebes
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 78)
 
LL/17439
105.John Benjamin Stone
1907
Statue of Memnon, Plain of thebes, Egypt
[Egypt]

Platinotype
Birmingham Central Library
Copyright: Birmingham Library and Archive Services
 
LL/29716
106.H. Béchard
1865 (ca)
Thebes. Colosses de Memnon

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
10-1/2 x 14-7/16 in (268 x 367 mm)
 
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs Phototographs (www.charlesisaacs.com - u1064)
 
LL/9203
107.G. Lékégian
1880s (ca)
Colosses de Memnon

Albumen print
Private collection of Peter Spangenberg
LL/43473
108.J. Pascal Sebah
n.d.
Cleopatra's Needle, Cairo, Egypt

Albumen print
33 x 28.5 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36627
109.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Obelisk, On, Heliopolis, Urban, Egypt

Albumen print
21 x 16.5 cm
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art , Conway Collections
 
LL/36651
   
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