View of the first cataract of the Nile, above Aswan including Elephantine Island
Original Language TitleVue de la permière cataracte du Nil au dessus l'Assouan prise de l'ile d'Ilephantine
Artist
Jules Alphonse Eugène Itier
(French, 1802 - 1877)
Dateca. 1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Mat: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.83 × 21.11 cm)
Mat: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.83 × 21.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.13.12
InscribedOn plate verso, on backing paper, top, in black pen and pencil: "Vue de la première cataract du Nil / au dessus d'Assouan / prise de l'ile d'Ilephantine";
On plate verso, lower left, in pencil: "Voyage en Egypte / Jules Itier / c.1845".
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DescriptionImage of a river taken from the bank; there are small rocky islands throughout and land visible on the distant shore.This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a paper mat.Exhibition HistoryExploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.
In the Looking Glass: Recent Daguerreotype Acquisitions. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 25 - July 20, 2014, no cat.
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