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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.130
People
Antonio Beato, Italian, Venetian (Venice, Italy c. 1835 - c. 1906 Luxor, Egypt)
Title
Temple of Isis, Philae
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1870
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354177

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Photograph: 20.9 x 26.4 cm (8 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Album Page: 35.5 x 43 cm (14 x 16 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in photograph, printed: A. Beato
  • inscription: on mat, lower left, printed in purple ink: New-Church Theological School / Series: [handwritten, blue ink] Egypt / Subj. / No. [handwritten, graphite] B7
  • inscription: lower left, in mat, handwritten in black ink: Small Temple, Philae
  • inscription: in mat, lower left, graphite: 1831.11
  • inscription: left top of mat, handwritten in graphite: 1831.11

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Daniel and Janet Tassel, Lexington, MA, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Daniel and Janet Tassel
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.130
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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