Monumental Gate, East Side Great Temple, Karnak
Monumental Gate, East Side Great Temple, Karnak

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Monumental Gate, East Side Great Temple, Karnak,

ca. 1870

Félix Bonfils, French, 1831–1885
1995-137

Information

Title
Monumental Gate, East Side Great Temple, Karnak
Dates

ca. 1870

Maker
Félix Bonfils
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
27.8 × 22.4 cm (10 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.) mount: 50.6 x 40.3 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Object Number
1995-137
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple Complex

Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, verso upper right corner: N276 Inscribed in graphite, verso lower right corner: TR 17953//24
Marks/Labels/Seals
In negative, lower left: Bonfils / 21 [?] Titled on affixed label, below image lower left and right: Temple of Karnak / 21 Monumental Gate, East side Great Temple Printed on mount, lower left and right corners : Beyrouth Syrie / Charles Taber & Co. New Bedford, Mass. Printed on mount below center of image: EGYPTE
Culture
French
Type
black-and-white photographs, albumen prints, photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
blocks (shaped masses), gate, temple, ruins

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