Research Catalog

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Description

1. 32 photographic prints : albumen, b&w; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Views of Syria: Damascus: Mosque of suburb of el-Meidan near Cemetery showing minaret.

Subject

1. Jīzah (Egypt)
2. Sphinxes > Egypt
3. Temples > Egypt
4. Karnak (Egypt)
5. Oaks > West Bank > Hebron
6. Pyramids > Egypt
7. Obelisks > Egypt
8. Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
9. Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel)
10. Hieroglyphics
11. Cemeteries > Israel > Jaffa
12. Minarets > Jerusalem
13. Great Pyramid (Egypt)
14. Hebron
15. Mosques > Jerusalem
16. Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
17. Akhenaton, King of Egypt
18. Gates > Jerusalem
19. Churches > Jerusalem
20. Albumen prints
21. Churches > Israel > Bethlehem
22. Mummies
23. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Tomb
24. Historic sites > Israel
25. Sculpture > Egypt
26. Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Israel
27. Photographic prints
28. Historic sites > Egypt
29. Minarets > Syria
30. Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Egypt
31. Luxor (Egypt)
32. Gates > Israel > Jaffa
33. Mosques > Syria
34. Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem)
35. Nile River

Genre/Form

1. Albumen prints.
2. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MFZ+ (Bonfils) 93-6261

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Most signed and numbered in negative.
3. Pencilled captions in English, and occasionally in French, and negative numbers on verso.
4. 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)

1. Restricted access;

Provenance (note)

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

Exhibitions (note)

1. #42, "Temple of Luxor" and #82, "Temple of Typho at Denderah exhibited in "New Acquisitions: Photographs," NYPL, 1985.

Author

1. Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885, photographer.

Title

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

Imprint

1. 1867?-1871?

Restricted access

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

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

1. #42, "Temple of Luxor" and #82, "Temple of Typho at Denderah exhibited in "New Acquisitions: Photographs," NYPL, 1985.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Research call number

1. MFZ+ (Bonfils) 93-6261