Philae, Egypt: temple buildings reflected in the Nile. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.

  • Beato, Antonio, -1903?
Date:
1870
Reference:
574852i
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South-west view of Philae (according to a hand-written inscription on a print in the Getty Museum, no. 84.XM.1382.33), photographed in the location occupied by the temples before they were moved in the 1970s

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 26.5 x 35.9 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 574852i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Visions of Ancient Egypt”, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 3 September 2022 - 1 January 2023 and Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 28 January - 29 April 2023

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