4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2009.

Colossi (The One on the Right Called the Colossus of Memnon) Quarna (Thebes)

Artist Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)

CultureFrench

Date1851-1852

MediumSalted paper print from a waxed paper negative

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/4 x 12 in. (23.5 x 30.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 × 20 in. (48.3 × 50.8 cm)

InscribedOn the verso, the number 40 is written twice in pencil. Taynard's monogram is imprinted inblue ink in the lower left corner of the image.

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Alice Frank

Object number93.47

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a salted paper print from a waxed paper negative depicting monumental Egyptian figurative sculptures.

Label TextFélix Teynard French (1817-1892) Colossi (The One on the Right Called the Colossus of Memnon) Quarna (Thebes), 1851-52 Salted paper print from waxed paper negative Museum purchase and gift of Alice Frank 93.47 In 1851 and 1852 Félix Teynard, a civil engineer, traveled throughout Egypt recording the country's landscape and architectural monuments. Teynard was interested in capturing the patterns created by the contrasts of light and shadow, and his photographs display a unique balance of information and design. Originally issued beginning in 1853 Teynard's salted paper prints were published in two volumes under the title Égypte et Nubie: Sites et monuments (1858), a travel album considered to be one of the masterpieces of 19th-century photography. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 09/2004 Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 09/21/2005Exhibition History"Photography Speaks," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, September 4, 2004 - January 2, 2005. Large scale derivative included in the exhibition "To Live Forever," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, October 9, 2009-January 3, 2010; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 6-September 12, 2010. "The Allure of Ancient Egypt," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, June 18 - August 17, 2013.Published ReferencesText written by Felix Teynard and published in FELIX TEYNARD: CALOTYPES OF EGYPT, A Catalogue Raisonné with an essay by Kathleen Stewart Howe, published by Kraus, New York; Hershkowitz, London; and Weston, Carmel; 1992; reproduced on page 27.