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Call Number:

PH-00046

Collection Name:

Antonio Beato Photography Collection

Creator:

Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)

No. of Items:

5 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1860s-1880s

Description:

The collection consists of five photographs by Antonio Beato (Italian-British, 1834-1906) taken in Egypt. Four of the photographs focus on major historical sites, including the Pyramids at Giza, the Sphinx, and the tombs of the Mamlukes outside of Cairo. Print information follows.

964:0405:0001 -- Cairo, Mosque of Kaitbey [i.e. Qu’it Bay], Eastern Cemetry [sic, Cemetery], 1857. Albumen print, 25.1 x 29.5 cm (image); 34.8 x 40.3 cm (mount). Title from Helmut Gernsheim;
964:0405:0002 -- Cairo, Tombs in the Eastern Cemetry [sic, Cemetery], or Cemetry [sic, Cemetery] of the Sahra, circa 1857. Albumen print, 24.2 x 29.7 cm (image); 34.6 x 40.3 cm (mount). Title from Helmut Gernsheim;
964:0405:0003 -- The Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops in distance, 1865. Albumen print, 24.3 x 28 cm (image); 29.3 x 33.7 cm (mount). Inscribed title;
973:0035:0001 -- [Dahabiyeh moored on the banks of the Nile], circa 1860s-circa 1880s. Albumen print, 21 x 26.5 cm (image); 29.4 x 36.1 cm (mount). Descriptive title;
979:0005:0005 -- Medinet Abou [sic, Medinet Habu], circa 1860s-circa 1880s. Albumen print, 25.4 x 36.8 cm (image); 30.5 x 43.3 cm (mount). Inscribed title.

Accession No(s):

964:0405:0001-0003; 973:0035:0001; 979:0005:0005

Location(s):

Beato, A., Box (964:0405:0001-0003; 973:0035:0001; 979:0005:0005)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	Cairo, Mosque of Kaitbey, Eastern Cemetry [sic, Cemetery].
Date	1857
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 25.1 x 29.5 cm; 9 9/10 x 11 3/5 in; mount: 34.8 x 40.3 cm; 13 7/10 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0405:0001

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	Cairo, Tombs in the Eastern Cemetry [sic, Cemetery], or ‘Cemetry [sic, Cemetery] of the Sahra’.
Date	circa 1857
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 24.2 x 29.7 cm; 9 1/2 x 11 7/10 in; mount: 34.6 x 40.3 cm; 13 3/5 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0405:0002

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	The Sphynx and Pyramid of Cheops in distance, 1865.
Date	1865
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 24.3 x 28 cm; 9 3/5 x 11 in; mount: 29.3 x 33.7 cm; 11 1/2 x 13 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0405:0003

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Dahabiyeh moored on the banks of the Nile]
Date	1860s-1880s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 21 x 26.5 cm; 8 3/10 x 10 2/5 in; mount: 29.4 x 36.1 cm; 11 3/5 x 14 1/5 in
Accession Number	973:0035:0001

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	Medinet Abou [sic, Medinet Habu]
Date	1860s-1880s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 25.4 x 36.8 cm; 10 x 14 1/2 in; mount: 30.5 x 43.3 cm; 12 x 17 in
Accession Number	979:0005:0005

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