ANTONIO BEATO - ALBUM OF EGYPT (100 PHOTOGRAPHIES) - 1870

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    ALBUM WITH 100 ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF EGYPT

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    Subject: Old photography album. Middle East. Egypt - Antonio Beato.

    Year: 1870 - 1890.

    Description: Album (28 x 40 cm) with 100 photographs (20 x 26 cm) mounted on cardboard in 50 double-sided sheets. Half-bound binding with brass tips.

    Notes: 100 photographs of Egypt, at least 52 with the signature Antonio Beato, some slightly cropped at the edge of the signature. With views from Upper Egypt to Luxor, including photographs of the temple of Philae and Abu Simbel, the area around Aswan and Nubia, as well as numerous temples in and around Luxor. The photographs show ancient temples and monuments, hieroglyphic plaques, landscapes, but also numerous ethnographic photographs, which include, in addition to typical Egyptian daily scenes, warriors of the Bisharee and women of the Sudan.

    Conservation: Cardboards somewhat rusty, slightly worn in some places. The mounted photographs are slightly wavy due to gluing.

    Biography of the author: Antonio Beato, also known as Antoine Beato, was a British photographer of Italian origin. He is known for his genre works, portraits and views of the architecture and landscapes of Egypt and other places in the Mediterranean region. He was the brother of Felice Beato, with whom he worked on occasion. Not much is known about Antonio Beato's origins; he was probably born in Venetian territory around 1825 and later naturalized as a British citizen. There is evidence that at least his brother was born in Corfu, which had been a Venetian possession until 1814, when it was acquired by the United Kingdom.

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    Product type
    Photograph
    Author
    BEATO, Antonio
    Year
    1870
    Condition
    fair condition
    Binding
    Half-bound binding