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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1985.30.37
People
Félix Bonfils, French (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) 1831 - 1885 Alès (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France))
Title
Moslems at Prayer in the Grand Mosque of Damascus
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Musulmans en prière dans la grande mosquée è Damas
Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, album page
Date
c. 1880
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Syria
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/101338

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print mounted on fabric affixed to album page.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 27.3 x 22.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
mount: 26 x 31 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: Ink inscription on white paper "At prayer"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
P1985.30.37
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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