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Teynard, Félix
(1817-1892)Ile de Fileh. Édifice de l'est - face latérale, vue du point D

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Ile de Fileh. Édifice de l'est - face latérale, vue du point D, (no. 89 "Egypte et Nubie"). 1851-52. Salted paper print from a calotype negative 1853-58. 29,1 x 36,9 cm. Crop marks and number "89" in the negative; number in red crayon on verso, hinge-mounted in mat.

The engineer and self-taught photographer Félix Teynard traveled through Egypt from late 1851-1852 with the goal of creating photographic images of architectural sites to supplement engravings made during the Napoleonic expeditions from 1809-1829. He used a large-format glass plate camera and employed the waxed paper negative technique invented by Gustave Le Gray. A total of 160 of his photographs were published in the album Égypte et Nubie: sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l’étude de l’art et de l’histoire, with only 11 extant complete albums known today. Teynard’s photographs were received with great enthusiasm at the 1855 Paris World Exposition. This and the following two photographs show the complete negative, which are uncropped and unmounted, a rarity since such fragile paper negatives were typically mounted for distribution. – Brown stain in lower edge, backed tear (ca 1,5 cm) in upper edge, soil mark in upper left, some edge wear, some crease marks, a few pinholes in corners, otherwise a strong print

Lit.: Félix Teynard. Calotypes of Egypt. A Catalogue Raisonné. New York 1992, ill. 89, p. 183.