Egypt
Egypt

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Egypt,

1853–54

John Beasley Greene, American, 1832–1856
1997-13
Despite his early death at the age of twenty-four, Greene was the first Egyptologist and trained photographer to document the Middle East, where he undertook his inaugural expedition at the age of twenty-one. Between 1853 and 1854, Greene aimed to photograph notable landmarks and landscapes along the Nile River; the resulting images remain remarkable today for their vast areas of empty space that emphasize the scale of the monuments, as seen here.

Information

Title
Egypt
Dates

1853–54

Maker
John Beasley Greene
Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
sheet: 22.2 x 29.4 cm. (8 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.) mount: 40 x 56.6 cm (15 3/4 x 22 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
1997-13
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt

Inscription
In graphite on mount, upper right corner: MPC In graphite on mount, lower right edge: JJ 1046 In graphite on mount, lower right corner: 3
Marks/Labels/Seals
Signed in negative, lower right corner of image: J. B. Greene
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, salted paper prints
Techniques
mounting, salted paper processes
Subject
expeditions, landscape (representation), temple, ruins, desert

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