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THBEgyptian Photo Album, Ca 1880-1890, Featuring Many Photographs by Langaki
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LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Leather album, 10.25 x 13.25 in., containing 74 unmounted albumen photographs, approx. 8 x 11 in. Several photographs titled in the negatives, with at least 18 credited to Langaki, as well as Fiorillo (1), and Arnoux (1). Some also titled in pencil on verso.
The photographs document various locations throughout Egypt, with the vast majority split between ancient ruins, statues, and mummified bodies, boat and port scenes, views along the Nile, and Egyptian people and street scenes.
Highlighted subjects include the ruins in Luxor, Karnak, Edfu, Dendera, Saqqara, and Giza, including the Sphinx and Great Pyramid; composite image entitled "Plan du Canal de Suez,"; views of various types of boats on the Nile; several views of village bazaars; and several street scenes, mosques, and landmarks in Cairo and small Egyptian towns and villages, many of which feature residents posing for the camera.Image range in condition. Some retain deep, rich tones. Others have lightened. Many have undergone even toning. Some a bit more toned along margins. Because images are unmounted, some have light wear along corners/edges. Album cover with condition issues, including loss to spine, wear to corners and edges, exposing boards underneath.Condition
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