Call Number:

PH-00051

Collection Name:

Felix Bonfils Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

4 photographs

Span Dates:

1860s-1880s

Description:

The collection consists of 4 albumen prints, three by Felix Bonfils, and one attributed to him. Three of the prints are pasted on two sheets of paper from an unidentified disbound album. Mounted with them is a photograph by Pascal Sébah that was formerly attributed to Bonfils. Select item-level information follows.

964:3404:0001 -- Sébah, Pascal (Turkish, 1823-1886). 244. Jardin d’Ezbekieh, circa 1870s. Albumen print;
964:3404:0002 -- 94. Le Caire, Pont de Kasr-el-Nil, circa 1870s. Albumen print;
964:3404:0003 -- Attrib. Bonfils. Landscape view of a Gothic cathedral on a forested hillside of a valley], circa 1870s. Albumen print;
964:3404:0004 -- 43. Le Caire, pris de la Citadelle, circa 1870s. Albumen print;
979:0083:0002 -- 711. Jeune fille arabe a Beyrouth, circa 1870s. Albumen print.

Accession No(s):

964:3404:0001-0004; 979:0083:0002

Location(s):

Bonfils, F., Box (964:3404:0001-0004; 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).