Thebes: Karnak, Portique de Temple de Khons, 1850

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volume Title

Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie

Medium

salted paper print

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.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.79

Artists / Makers

Maxime Du Camp (artist) French, 1822 - 1894

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

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.