Thebes: Karnak, Portique de Temple de Khons

1850

Maxime Du Camp

Artist, French, 1822 - 1894

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
    support: 44.7 x 31.1 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.79

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Inscriptions

all on mount, printed in black ink: upper center: THEBES; lower left: Maxime Du Camp.; lower center: KARNAK. / PORTIQUE DU TEMPLE DE KHONS. / Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard, a Lille / Pl. 29; lower right: Gide et Baudry, Editeurs.; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 100

Wikidata ID

Q64157869

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