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Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-01009

Collection Name:

[Photographs: Views of the Middle East]

Creator:

Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)

Bergheim, P.

Bonfils, Félix (1831 - 1885)

Dumas, Tancrède, 1830-1905 ( - 1905 d.)

Robertson & Beato

No. of Items:

60 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1870s

Description:

A disbound, and possibly incomplete, album of sixty albumen photographic prints documenting a trip to Egypt and the Holy Land. The majority of the photographs are by Antonio Beato (23). Other photographers represented include P. Bergheim (12), Felix Bonfils (8), Dumas (3), and Robertson & Beato (2). The maker(s) of the remaining twelve photographs is unidentified. Half of the images from the album are views of monuments and architecture in Egypt, including mosques in Cairo, the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, the ruins at Philae, and the Temple of Karnak. The images of the Holy Land focus on sites of Biblical significance. While the majority of these images focus on Jerusalem, there are also images of Bethany, Jericho, the Jordan River, and the Dead Sea. Notable monuments featured include: Dome of the Rock, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the old city gates of Jerusalem, the monastery of Mar Saba, and the Wailing Wall (a.k.a., the Western Wall).

Location(s):

Box 1
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f DS 44.5 P468 1870z HRC-P Boxes 1-16 (958:0044:0001-0060)
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Item(s):

958:0044:0001 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.3 x 20 cm ; 10 2/5 x 7 9/10 in ; mount: 38 x 29 cm ; 15 x 11 2/5 in .

958:0044:0002 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Tombs of the Mamlukes, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.4 x 37.1 cm ; 10 2/5 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 39 x 47.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0003 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [?] Relief describing a Naval Engagement, Thebes, Egypt, 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.2 x 37.2 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 39 x 47.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0004 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Entrance to the Tombs at Beni Hassan, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.2 x 37.3 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0005 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Cairo, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.3 x 37.3 cm ; 10 2/5 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0006 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Luxor, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.3 x 37.3 cm ; 10 2/5 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0007 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). Entrance to the Karnak Temple (Nurran[?]), Egypt, 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.1 x 37.3 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0008 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Mosque of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 21 x 26.2 cm ; 8 3/10 x 10 3/10 in ; mount: 29 x 38 cm ; 11 2/5 x 15 in .

958:0044:0009 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Pyramid at Gizeh], 1874. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26.3 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 2/5 in ; mount: 29 x 38 cm ; 11 2/5 x 15 in .

958:0044:0010 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Approach to the Karnak Temple by the Avenue of Sphinxes, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26.3 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 2/5 in ; mount: 29 x 38 cm ; 11 2/5 x 15 in .

958:0044:0011 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Sitting Colossi at Thebes, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 1/5 in ; mount: 29 x 38 cm ; 11 2/5 x 15 in .

958:0044:0012 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26.1 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 3/10 in ; mount: 29 x 37.9 cm ; 11 2/5 x 14 9/10 in .

958:0044:0013 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.2 x 37.3 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0014 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Pyramids at Gizeh, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.1 x 37.1 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0015 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Thebes, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.2 x 37.5 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 4/5 in ; mount: 39 x 47.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0016 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). Memmorium [sic] - Temple Palace of Rameses [sic, Ramesses], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.4 x 37.3 cm ; 10 2/5 x 14 7/10 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0017 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Columns 73 feet high in Karnak Temple, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 37.3 x 26.3 cm ; 14 7/10 x 10 2/5 in ; mount: 47 x 38.9 cm ; 18 1/2 x 15 3/10 in .

958:0044:0018 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt], 1874. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26.2 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 3/10 in ; mount: 29 x 38 cm ; 11 2/5 x 15 in .

958:0044:0019 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Karnak, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 20.7 x 26.2 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 3/10 in ; mount: 29 x 37.9 cm ; 11 2/5 x 14 9/10 in .

958:0044:0020 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Philae, Nubia (Africa)], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 20.6 x 26.3 cm ; 8 1/10 x 10 2/5 in ; mount: 29 x 37.9 cm ; 11 2/5 x 14 9/10 in .

958:0044:0021 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Philae, Nubia, No. 2], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.4 x 37.2 cm ; 10 2/5 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 39 x 47.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0022 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Temple at Philae, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26 x 37.2 cm ; 10 1/5 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 38.9 x 47.1 cm ; 15 3/10 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0023 -- Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903). [Two sitting Colossi, Thebes, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 26.2 x 37 cm ; 10 3/10 x 14 3/5 in ; mount: 39 x 47.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 18 1/2 in .

958:0044:0047 -- Robertson & Beato. [Egyptian tombs], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 32.8 x 25.4 cm ; 12 9/10 x 10 in ; mount: 44.2 x 31.4 cm ; 17 2/5 x 12 2/5 in .

958:0044:0048 -- Robertson & Beato. [Bridge across Nile at Cairo, Egypt], 1870s. Albumen print, image: 25.7 x 30.7 cm ; 10 1/10 x 12 1/10 in ; mount: 31.1 x 44.3 cm ; 12 1/5 x 17 2/5 in .


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