Louksor (Thèbes). Construction Centrale - Grande Colonnade

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Louksor (Thèbes). Construction Centrale - Grande Colonnade

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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 1851–1852; print 1853
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
d80fb5e9-af6a-46d3-9f15-23886e6d0b2a

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A colonnade consisting of five round columns supporting a plain stone entablature. The capitals of the columns are partially in ruin. A second row of columns runs parallel the first.

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  • Luxor Temple — Luxor, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Louksor (Thèbes)”
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