Félix Bonfils
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Entrance to the Serapeum at the Step-Pyramid of Sakkara
ca. 1877-188719th century
283 x 230 mm (11.1 x 9.1 in.)
Félix Bonfils, French, (1831–1885)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Albumen print
Marks:
Inscribed on negative, lower center: “1443” and title in French; inscribed on negative, lower right: “Bonfils”
Bibliography:
Ellen G. D’Oench, ed., with essays by Erica L. Frohman, Mary H. Goodrich, Karl E. Kusserow, and Laura R. Nierenberg, More Vivid Places: Victorian Photographs of Britain, the Middle East, and Orient [catalog for exhibition presented August 29 – October 25, 1984] (Middletown, CT: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1984); Lee D. Witkin and Barbara London, The Photograph Collector’s Guide (Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1979); MacMillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators (1983).
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael M. Senft, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.12.114.230
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- Egypt - TGN 7016833
- North Africa - TGN 7016886
- travel photography
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 283 x 230 mm (11.1 x 9.1 in.)
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Credit Caption
Félix Bonfils, French, (1831–1885) . Entrance to the Serapeum at the Step-Pyramid of Sakkara, ca. 1877-1887. Albumen print. image : 283 x 230 mm (11.1 x 9.1 in.). DAC accession number 1983.12.114.230. Gift of Michael M. Senft, 1983.