id:			164598
accession number:	2006.119
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.119
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:59.895000

Thebes, The Colossi of Memnon, 1870s. Henri Béchard (French). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 36 x 26.9 cm (14 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.); paper: 36 x 26.9 cm (14 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2006.119

title:				Thebes, The Colossi of Memnon
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creation date:			1870s
creation date earliest:		1870
creation date latest:		1879
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Henri Béchard (French)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 36 x 26.9 cm (14 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 36 x 26.9 cm (14 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white on recto: "No.97 Thebes, Colosses de Memnon H. Bechard"
Written in pencil on verso: "No.97/Fiends (?) Ed. CORROYER/Drilitect (?) olly (?) M.H./THEBES/Colosses de Memnon/Li(?) No.97 H.BECHARD"

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt
	opening date:   2016-02-06T00:00:00
	<i>Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vandenbeusch, Marie, Aude Semat, and Margaret Maitland. <em>Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art ; London : The British Museum, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 25; Reproduced: p. 24, fig. 14
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.119/2006.119_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.119/2006.119_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.119/2006.119_full.tif