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Call Number:

PH-00051

Collection Name:

Félix Bonfils Photography Collection

Creator:

Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885

Maison Bonfils, active 1867 - 1914

No. of Items:

4 photographs

Span Dates:

1870s–1907

Description:

The Félix Bonfils Photography Collection consists of four albumen prints: one attributed to and one possibly by Félix Bonfils, and two to Maison Bonfils. Three prints are mounted on paper as part of an unidentified, disbound album, with prints mounted on both recto and verso of each leaf, belonging to the Gernsheim Collection, purchased in 1963. One unmounted print is part of the Photography Collection.

Note: The verso of 964:0340:0002 contains a print possibly by Pascal Sébah (964:0340:0001; see The Pascal Sébah Photography Collection).

Accession No(s):

964:3404:0002-0004; 979:0083:0002

Location(s):

Bonfils, F., Box (964:3404:0001-0004; 979:0083:0002)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Maison Bonfils, active 1867 - 1914
Title	Le Caire, Pont de Kasr-el-Nil
Date	1867–ca. 1895
Medium	Albumen print, mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 21.5 x 28.2 cm; 8 1/2 x 11 1/10 in; mount: 27.9 x 32.6 cm; 11 x 12 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:3404:0002

Artist/Maker	Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title	[Church and Forested Hills]
Date	1870s–ca. 1900
Medium	Albumen print, mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 23.7 x 29.6 cm; 9 3/10 x 11 7/10 in; mount: 27.9 x 32.8 cm; 11 x 12 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:3404:0003

Artist/Maker	Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title	Le Caire, Pris de la Citadelle
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print, mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 22.2 x 28.3 cm; 8 7/10 x 11 1/10 in; mount: 27.9 x 32.8 cm; 11 x 12 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:3404:0004

Artist/Maker	Maison Bonfils, active 1867 - 1914
Title	Jeune Fille Arabe à Beyrouth
Date	1867–1907
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 27.9 x 21.7 cm; 11 x 8 1/2 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	979:0083:0002

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See Also:

980:0133:0001-0045: Photograph album of views of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jericho including 41 prints by Bonfils

978:0047:0001-0100: Photograph album of views of Egypt including 17 prints by Bonfils

975:0073:0001-0020: Photograph album of views of Egyptian antiquities including 2 prints by Bonfils

975:0062:0001-0111: Photograph album of 111 mounted photographs of views of Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Italy including 45 prints by Bonfils

Gottesman Collection Photographs: Twelve additional photographs by Bonfils are located in the Gottesman Photography Collection (PH-00214).

[Photographs: Views of the Middle East]: Eight additional photographs by Bonfils are located in a disbound album [[Photographs: Views of the Middle East]] (PH-01009).