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Thebes, Palace of Karnak, Court of Bubastites and Main Entrance of the Hypostyle Hall
Thebes, Palace of Karnak, Court of Bubastites and Main Entrance of the Hypostyle Hall

Thebes, Palace of Karnak, Court of Bubastites and Main Entrance of the Hypostyle Hall

Original Language TitleThèbes. Palais de Karnak. Cour des bubastites et entrée principale de la salle hypostyle
Album TitleEgypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie
Artist Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822 - 1894)
Date1850; printed ca. 1852
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 3/16 × 6 7/16 inches (20.8 × 16.35 cm)
Mount: 17 5/8 × 12 7/16 inches (44.77 × 31.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2009.27.15
SignedOn mount recto, lower left, in black type: "Maxime Du Camp."
InscribedOn mount recto, top, in black type: "THЀBES."; On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "Gide et Baudry, Editeurs"; On mount recto, bottom, in black type: "PALAIS DE KARNAK. / COUR DES BUBASTITES ET ENTRЀE PRINCIPALE DE LA SALLE HYPOSTYLE. / Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard, à Lille. / Pl. 37.".
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "CRM23040B"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "F251462" / POBO5054"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of ruins and an entrance which leads into a larger columned space; a column on the right is prominent. A shirtless man stands in the center of the background among the ruins.Exhibition History
Exploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.
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