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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1985.30.48
People
Félix Bonfils, French (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) 1831 - 1885 Alès (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France))
Title
A Tourist Climbs the Grand Pyramid
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Ascension de la grande pyramide par un touriste
Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
c. 1880
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/101056

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print mounted on fabric affixed to album page.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 27.9 x 22 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.)
mount: 26 x 31 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: Ink inscription on white paper "Mounting the big pyramid to the (?) (?) a level of about 20 feet square pulled up over the big stones feet-high - and jumping down from above the stone - (?) flat and once accomplished fully suffices."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
P1985.30.48
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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