Dakkeh. Village et Rives du Nil

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Dakkeh. Village et Rives du Nil

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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
db85473b-1892-49a1-9e93-4ba90cd3a951

The foundation of village ruins sit near the Nile River bank. Palm trees sit in clusters between the village and the river.

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