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Syout. Pont sur le Grand Canal
Creator
Félix TeynardFrench Photographer · 1817–1892
All works by this person →In 1851, while a civil engineer in Grenoble, France, a center of Egyptological research, Félix Teynard embarked on a journey to photograph architectural structures in Egypt. Presumably self-taught in photography, Teynard traveled more than a thousand miles up the Nile River, "isolated in a region of unmitigated poverty . . . amidst the peoples of Egypt and Nubia," carrying his cumbersome, heavy eq
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- negative 1851–1852; print 1853
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- bccdbb32-2dfd-4ab5-954a-938329a00f65
From the Getty Museum record
A bridge with three arches over a canal. The bridge extends from the side of a high stone wall. The top of a minaret and trees are visible beyond the wall.
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- Asyut — Asyut Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Syout”
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