35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2010. Photo by Scott Wolf.

Ile De Philae, Vue Prise De Biggeh

Artist Hippolyte Béchard (French, active late 19th century in Egypt)

Date1860s

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (21.4 × 27 cm)
Overall, Paper: 11 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (28.6 × 37.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs

Object number2001.31.3

Terms

Palm tree
rivers
Building
Sepia

On View

Not on view

DescriptionAlbumen print from wet collodion negative on its original mount. It shows two sections of land, separated by a waterway. There are the ruins from stone structures in the foreground and in the distance, beyond the moat/river. The title is on the lower right corner, and the photographer signed the lower left corner in white.