Collection The First Cataract on the Nile, above Philae

The First Cataract on the Nile, above Philae

Maison Bonfils French, founded 1867

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The First Cataract on the Nile, above Philae

19th century

Maison Bonfils

founded 1867

French

Unknown

Albumen print

Image: 9 × 11 1/8 inches (22.9 × 28.3 cm) Mount: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

1988.163

This work is in the public domain.

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Signed, in the negative, lower left: Bonfils

Inscribed, in the negative, lower right: 178. 1m cataracte. Les Rapides/ Egypt

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1988-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Maison Bonfils, The First Cataract on the Nile, above Philae, 19th century, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988.163.

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