Deîr. Vue Extérieure de l'Habitation de Kâchef

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Deîr. Vue Extérieure de l'Habitation de Kâchef

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Félix Teynard

French Photographer · 1817–1892

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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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Date
negative about 1851–1852; print about 1853–1854
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
4de6ccf9-15c3-4d5c-8334-49cc74fb0208

A large, rectangular building decorated with rows of triangular shapes. Small, square windows line the top of the structure, and arches are evenly placed along the length of the building. Groups of people sit on the ground in front of the house.

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