Karnak
Karnak

On view

Photography

Karnak,

ca. 1880

Photographer unidentified
Schroeder and Company, active 1870–1900, Switzerland
1997-454
One of photography’s earliest uses was documenting monuments and historic sites. The temple complex of Karnak in Egypt was one of the most popular destinations for European tourists in the nineteenth century. Travel photographers and studios such as Schroeder and Company provided not only picturesque souvenirs for those who traveled to Karnak but also a way for “armchair travelers” to see and experience distant locations.

Information

Title
Karnak
Dates

ca. 1880

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Schroeder and Company
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
27.4 × 20.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.) mount: 43.2 × 35.5 cm (17 × 14 in.) mat: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
1997-454
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt, Karnak, Karnak Temple Complex

Inscription
Inscribed in negative, lower edge of image: 5453. Karnak. Gr. Temple. La Colonne penchée — Edit. Schroeder & Cie. Zürich
Culture
Swiss
Type
black-and-white photographs, albumen prints, photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
temples, hieroglyphics, ruins

Acquired by Ken and Jenny Jacobson, England, after ca. 1880 [1]; purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

Notes:

[1]. Ken and Jenny Jacobson, based in Essex, England, are dealers of nineteenth century photographs. Ken Jacobson is an alumnus of Princeton University (B.A., Chemistry, before 1970). http://www.jacobsonphoto.com/about/

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