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[Colossus from the Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel]
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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- about 1856
- Medium
- Photolithograph
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9803001d-d80f-4da9-8c80-ab347301d34e
What the image shows
A colossal seated statue of a pharaoh with a large beard and a crown, carved into a rock face.
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From the Getty Museum record
[Poitevin Process]
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Places this record points to
- Abu Simbel (Great Temple) — Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel”
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