The Nile, Upper Egypt

Original Language TitleLe Nil, Haute Eqypte

Artist Henri Béchard (French, active 1860 - 1880)

Dateca. 1875

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 3/16 inches (28.58 × 41.12 cm)
Mount: 14 3/8 × 20 9/16 inches (36.51 × 52.23 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.11

SignedSigned on image, lower right, in negative: “H. Béchard”

InscribedInscribed on image, lower left, in negative: “No 58 Le Nil haute Egypte”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “6 Wic [?]”

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DescriptionImage taken from high vantage point overlooking a curved expanse of land along a body of water. A large boat is docked along the central shoreline and several figures stand beside plotted areas of land.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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