Gournah (Thèbes). Colosse de Gauche - Décoration de la Face Nord-Est du Trône

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Gournah (Thèbes). Colosse de Gauche - Décoration de la Face Nord-Est du Trône

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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 1851–1852; print 1853
Medium: Salted paper print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Detailed view of the side of a colossal statue. The side is carved with two male figures, which are facing each other. The figures each have one leg raised, and form a mirror image of each other. Hieroglyphs are carved above the figures.

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