Research Catalog

Title

Views of Egypt, Palestine and Syria [graphic] / Bonfils.

Author

Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885

Publication

1867?-1871?

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Details

Description

32 photographic prints : albumen, b&w; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller.

Summary

• Views of Egypt: Temple of Athor at Denderah: bas relief and hieroglyphs; columns with faces (?); 2 exterior views, one with figure; Temple of Typho at Denderah; Gizeh: figure standing on Sphinx; Pyramid of Chephren, other pyramids, left; Pyramid of Cheops (Great Pyramid); Karnak: Temple of Amenophis IV (Akhenaton) showing two sculptured figures, each partly destroyed; man at base of hieroglyph covered Ptolomaean portal of Temple of Ramses; Luxor: temple from west entrance; detail of obelisk in front of temple showing hieroglyphs, 2 men lower left; man in front of wall, obelisk and portal beyond; half-buried sculptured figures flank entrance, man, center; figure in portal of Temple of Midinet Abu; wall to left of portal showing base relief and hieroglyphs; Nile and Plain of Thebes, with mummified (?) remains in foreground.
• Views of Palestine: Church of the Nativity among the terraced hills, Bethlehem; stone buildings and walls, Bethany; Abraham's oak, Hebron; Joppa (Jaffa): burying ground, showing buildings, tents, camels, encampmemt; encampment outside gate of Joppa, people selling fruit (?), town beyond; Jeruselem: Golden Gate; exterior of Damascus Gate with figures near it; soldiers in interior of St. Stephen's Gate; Via Dolorosa from the west, looking up steep walk, Church of the Flagellation, left, orphan asylum and barracks, right; Pool of Hezekiah from the west, water in foreground, dome roof and minaret beyond; Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) from the east; tombs of Zachariah and James built into mountainside; Pillar of Absalom; Tomb of the Virgin Mary.
• Views of Syria: Damascus: Mosque of suburb of el-Meidan near Cemetery showing minaret.

Subjects

• Jīzah (Egypt)
• Sphinxes > Egypt
• Temples > Egypt
• Karnak (Egypt)
• Oaks > West Bank > Hebron
• Pyramids > Egypt
• Obelisks > Egypt
• Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
• Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Hieroglyphics
• Cemeteries > Israel > Jaffa
• Minarets > Jerusalem
• Great Pyramid (Egypt)
• Hebron
• Mosques > Jerusalem
• Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
• Akhenaton, King of Egypt
• Gates > Jerusalem
• Churches > Jerusalem
• Albumen prints
• Churches > Israel > Bethlehem
• Mummies
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Tomb
• Historic sites > Israel
• Sculpture > Egypt
• Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Israel
• Photographic prints
• Historic sites > Egypt
• Minarets > Syria
• Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Egypt
• Luxor (Egypt)
• Gates > Israel > Jaffa
• Mosques > Syria
• Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem)
• Nile River

Genre/Form

• Albumen prints.
• Photographic prints.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Most signed and numbered in negative.
• Pencilled captions in English, and occasionally in French, and negative numbers on verso.
• Views are numbered: 23, 32, 41-43, 41, 52, 55, 75-78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 113, 123, 130, 136, 147, 153, 154, 161, 163, 165, 188, 232, 360.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Provenance (note)

• Anonymous gift, 1981; Picture Collection transfer, 1986.

Exhibitions (note)

• #42, "Temple of Luxor" and #82, "Temple of Typho at Denderah exhibited in "New Acquisitions: Photographs," NYPL, 1985.

Call Number

MFZ+ (Bonfils) 93-6261

Author

Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885, photographer.

Title

Views of Egypt, Palestine and Syria [graphic] / Bonfils.

Imprint

1867?-1871?

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Provenance

Anonymous gift, 1981; Picture Collection transfer, 1986.

Exhibitions

#42, "Temple of Luxor" and #82, "Temple of Typho at Denderah exhibited in "New Acquisitions: Photographs," NYPL, 1985.

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Research Call Number

MFZ+ (Bonfils) 93-6261