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accession number:	2010.268
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.268
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General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel, 1851–1852. Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892). Salted paper print from a paper negative; image: 24.8 x 30.9 cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.); paper: 26.7 x 35.5 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2010.268

title:				General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel
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creation date:			1851–1852
creation date earliest:		1851
creation date latest:		1852
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creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	salted paper print from a paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892)  - artist
Félix Teynard French, 1817-1892

Félix Teynard, believed to have been born in Grenoble, was a civil engineer who traveled and photographed in Egypt in 1851-52. Of the resulting plates, 160 were published in Paris by Goupil et Cie. and printed by H. de Fonteny in 32 installments of five each between 1853-54 under the title Egypte et Nubie. Sites et Monument les plus intéressantes pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire. . . . The collection later was published in 1857 by Goupil et Cie. for the extraordinary purchase price of nearly 1,000 francs.
	Although Teynard is not known to have photographed again, his calotypes of Egypt are prized for their strong personal sensibility. Light and shadow play a strong role, and complex scenes are reduced to broad and simple forms. Teynard returned to Egypt in 1869 from his home in Saint-Martin as an official guest at the opening of the Suez Canal. No evidence of photographic activity on this later journey has been found. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 24.8 x 30.9 cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 26.7 x 35.5 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "300731.4"
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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

	French book dealer; Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York; Cleveland Museum of Art
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