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Abou-Sembil. Grand Spéos - Sculptures Décorant l'Entrée et Partie Supérieure d'un Colosse
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 about 1851–1852; print about 1853–1854
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- b037f6af-5ef6-4911-bb0b-3812f48a33f4
A small sculpture sits in a niche next to a large, seated sculpture. The larger sculpture is covered by sand so only the head and shoulders are visible.
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