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Rock-cut Architecture, Tomb of Amenemhat, Beni Hasan, 1851–52.
Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892).
Salted paper print by H. de Fonteny from paper negative.
Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York.
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Along the Nile: Early Photographs of Egypt
September 11, 2001–December 30, 2001
The Howard Gilman Gallery
Some of the earliest camera images of Egypt’s dramatic landscapes, exotic inhabitants, and imposing monuments are displayed in this installation of approximately forty-five 19th-century photographs drawn from the Gilman Paper Company Collection and the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The pyramids of Giza, the temples of Karnak, Luxor, and Abu Simbel, and the cataracts of the Nile are depicted in exceptionally fine prints by the first generation of photographers working in Egypt, including Maxime Du Camp, Félix Teynard, John Beasley Greene, Ernest Benecke, Gustave Le Gray, Francis Frith, and Wilhelm Hammerschmidt.
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