Los 4023

Bedford, Francis
(1815-1894)Cairo and Thebes

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Cairo and Thebes. 1862. 2 albumen prints mounted to board. 23,8 x 28,5 cm (29,4 x 33,9 cm) and 27 x 22 cm (31,2 x 26,9 cm). Signed, numbered, titled and dated in the negative in lower margin; annotations by another hand in pencil on the mount below the image.

In 1862, Francis Bedford was commissioned to accompany the Prince of Wales on a royal tour of the Eastern Mediterranean. He produced some of the earliest photographs of Egypt taken under official patronage. His images captured major archaeological sites such as the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, Karnak, and the temples of Thebes and Philae, as well as scenes of daily life along the Nile. Technically refined and compositionally balanced, these photographs were later exhibited and published in Britain, and shaped Victorian perceptions of Egypt. – Some light fading, smudge marks and minimal foxing, otherwise in very good condition.