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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).

Accession No(s):

958:0044:0001-0060

Location(s):

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

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0001

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Tombs of the Mamlukes, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0002

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[?] Relief describing a Naval Engagement, Thebes, Egypt
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0003

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Entrance to the Tombs at Beni Hassan, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0004

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Cairo, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0005

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Luxor, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0006

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	Entrance to the Karnak Temple (Nurran[?]), Egypt
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0007

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Mosque of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0008

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Pyramid at Gizeh]
Date	1874
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0009

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Approach to the Karnak Temple by the Avenue of Sphinxes, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0010

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Sitting Colossi at Thebes, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0011

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0012

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0013

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Pyramids at Gizeh, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0014

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Thebes, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0015

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	Memmorium [sic] - Temple Palace of Rameses [sic, Ramesses]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0016

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Columns 73 feet high in Karnak Temple, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0017

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Karnak (Thebes), Egypt]
Date	1874
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0018

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Karnak, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0019

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Philae, Nubia (Africa)]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0020

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Philae, Nubia, No. 2]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0021

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Temple at Philae, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0022

Artist/Maker	Beato, Antonio (1825 - circa 1903)
Title	[Two sitting Colossi, Thebes, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0023

Artist/Maker	Robertson & Beato
Title	[Egyptian tombs]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0047

Artist/Maker	Robertson & Beato
Title	[Bridge across Nile at Cairo, Egypt]
Date	1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	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
Accession Number	958:0044:0048

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