Grand Temple, Medinet Habu, Thebes

Artist John Beasley Greene (American, born France, 1832 - 1856)

Date1855

MediumSalt print

DimensionsOverall: 9 x 12 inches (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3083

InscribedInscription Signed in artist's hand Recto, Center Bottom

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DescriptionSalt print from waxed paper negative, signed in negative, 1855, on original mount. Not on a Blanquart-Evrard mount; with ink inscription center bottom print. This is the site, and camp, where Greene excavated in1854-5. Greene's tent visible at right rear.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Splendors of Ancient Egypt. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 22, 1996 - March 30, 1997, no cat.

Exploring Egypt: 19^th Century Expeditionary Photography. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.

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