Lot Essay
This profile study of the Colossal Statues at Abu Simbel is most uncommon in that it is not on the publisher's mount of 1858 and is likely an earlier, pre-publication printing.
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Nubie, Abousembil, Speos de Phré Colosse meridional vu de profil, c. 1851-1852
Details
FÉLIX TEYNARD (1817-1892)
Nubie, Abousembil, Speos de Phré Colosse meridional vu de profil, c. 1851-1852
salted paper print from waxed paper negative
image 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.3cm.)
mount 20 3/8 x 15 5/8in. (51.7 x 39.7cm.)
Nubie, Abousembil, Speos de Phré Colosse meridional vu de profil, c. 1851-1852
salted paper print from waxed paper negative
image 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.3cm.)
mount 20 3/8 x 15 5/8in. (51.7 x 39.7cm.)
Provenance
Private collecion, London.
Literature
K.Stewart Howe, Félix Teynard: Calotypes of Egypt: A Catalogue Raisonné, Kraus, Hershkowitz and Weston, Carmel, New York, London, 1992, pp. 98-99 and 199.
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