Edfou--Aspect général de la ville vue de la plateforme centrale du pylône (Edfou--General View of the Town Seen from the Central Roof Terrace of the Pylon), from the album Égypte et Nubie: sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire (Egypt and Nubia: Sites and the Monuments Most Interesting for the Student of Art and History)

1851-1852 printed 1853-1854

photograph | salt print from a paper negative

Not currently on view in the museum

Edfou--Aspect général de la ville vue de la plateforme centrale du pylône...

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12 1/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (30.8 cm x 25.08 cm)

Acquired 1996

Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, fractional gift of Paul Sack, and collection of the Sack Photographic Trust

96.324

Keywords

lighthouses, cityscape, ruins

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