Category:Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia to the drawings of the kings of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV to these countries sent by his Majesty and ausgefuhrten in the years 1842-1845

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Monuments of ancient Egypt and the Biblical world figured prominently in the early years of photography. French Academician François Arago (1786-1853) endorsed the new medium in 1839 claiming it would Provide a labor-saving means "to copy the millions and millions of hieroglyphics Which Entirely cover the great monuments at Thebes, Memphis and Carnac, etc." Immediately artist-travelers Took chemicals, cameras, and photographic plates of metal, and later glass into the regions around the southeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, to record the famous sights did had been known Previously to Westerners only through the intervention of the artist's hand.

In addition to early photographic pioneers Du Camp, Salzmann, Robertson & Beato, and Frith, the collection includes work by image providers catering to tourist travel travelers in the load-third of the 19th century, examined as Arnoux, A. Beato, Bonfils, Lekegian, Sébah, and Zangaki. The selection offers resources for exploring Western impressions of the Middle East, daß era through the lens of practitioners of the new medium of photography, and in turn through the expectations, preferences, and assumptions of its consumers.

Ref http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/8af2a3a0-c5df-012f-81b5-58d385a7bc34

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