Panoramic View of Philae

Date1880s

MediumAlbumen print from collodion negative

Credit LineGift of Margaret A. Carver in memory of Charles H. Carver, Emory '39

Dimensions8 1/4 x 10 11/16 in. (21 x 27.1 cm)

Object number1984.011.047

Label TextThis view shows the layout of the various monuments on the island. From left to right there is the Kiosk of Trajan, then the two pylons which frame the forecourt, and then the inner sanctuaries of the temple of Isis. In the foreground are some of the lateen-rigged sailing vessels of the Nile, the felucca and the cangia with its small cabin.
Exhibition HistoryThe Fascination With The East: Early Photographs of Egypt (travelling show), Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, November 18, 1986 - February 28, 1987; Louisiana Arts and Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 19 - December 31, 1987; Red Mountain Museum, Birmingham, Alabama, April 10 - May 8, 1988
Monuments and Mummies photography supplement, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, February 8 - May 21, 1989
Along the Nile, Michael C. Carlos Museum, May - September 1993; June - September 1994
Souvenirs of the Nile: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, July 1 - September 24, 2000
Published ReferencesMonique Seefried and Mary Cozine Woodward, The Fascination with the East: Early Photographs of Egypt (Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1987), 7.

ProvenanceEx coll. Maria Hersey (1843-1927), Portland, Maine. Thence by descent.

Status

Not on view

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