Maxime Du Camp
Cairo, House and Garden in the Free Quarter

ArtistFrench, 1822–1894
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Cairo, House and Garden in the Free Quarter
  • Le Caire, maison et jardin dans le quartier franc
  • Plate 3, from the portfolio Egypt, Nube, Palestine et Syrie
Date1850
PlaceEgypt
MediumDeveloped-out salted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 5 5/8 in. (21 × 14.3 cm)
Mount: 17 11/16 × 11 3/16 in. (44.9 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.426
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLunn Ltd,. New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd,. New York, on 1/19/1990.
Exhibition History"Along the Nile - Early Photographs of Egybt", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001;
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on mount recto, upper right: LE KAIRE; below image, lower left: Maxime Du Camp;
below image, lower right: Gide et Baudry, editeurs; lower center: Maison et Jardin dans le Quartier Frank // Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard a Lille // Pl.3
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, upper left: TXB - Retour; 3 [circled]

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