Felix Teynard
Ile de Fîleh - Vue générale prise du point I, sur la plate-forme du premier pylône

Ile de Fîleh - Vue générale prise du point I, sur la plate-forme du premier pylône

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Ile de Fîleh - Vue générale prise du point I, sur la plate-forme du premier pylône
ArtistFrench, 1817–1892
PrinterFrench, founded 1851
PublisherFrench, 1850–1884
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Ile de Fîleh - Vue générale prise du point I, sur la plate-forme du premier pylône
  • General View Taken from Point I on the Roof Terrace of the First Pylon. Island of Fila (Philae)
Date1851–1852
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (24.5 × 31.1 cm)
 Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (24.5 × 31.1 cm)
 Mount: 14 15/16 × 19 3/4 in. (37.9 × 50.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2019.244
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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionFélix Teynard, a civil engineer from Grenoble with no artistic training and little technical experience, set off for Egypt in 1852 and returned a year later with 160 astonishing images of its landscape and ancient monuments. His mastery of the medium is startling, for he worked in an age when photographers had to mix their own chemicals, sensitize their own negatives and printing papers, and rely on trial and error to adjust their darkroom recipes and exposures to specific conditions of light and climate—a particular problem in the extreme sun and heat of Egypt.
Provenance[Robert Hershkowitz Limited, Sussex, England]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, top center above image: NUBIE
Printed in black, recto, below image: Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny, fondée à Paris, en 1851, r. St. Nicolas d’Antin, 72. Felix Teynard. Publie par Goupil et Cie éditeurs, Paris, Londres, Berlin, New York. // ILE DE FÎLEH (PHILAE) // VUE GÉNÉRALE PRISE DU POINT I, SUR LA PLATEFORME DU PREMIER PYLÔNE. // Pl. 99.
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom center edge: FT.110.Y

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