Felix Bonfils
Statue of Rameses

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Artist Felix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885)French, 1831–1885

CultureFrench

Titles

Statue of Rameses

Datec. 1870–1880

PlaceEgypt

MediumAlbumen silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Frances Marzio

Object number96.1816

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 22, 1996 thru March 29, 1997

"Egyptomania," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18 March - 5 August 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: On old mount: "Statue of Ramases said to have been over thrown by Cambyses."

The photograph is signed in the image in the lower left, in white (lettering is hard to read).

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