Le Kaire. Mosquée de sultan Haçan. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Sultan Hasan Mosque. With additional caption note: '1356 à 1363 de J.-C. (757 à 764 de l'Hég.) Les galeries des minarets ont été brisées par l'artillerie française lors de la révolte du Kaire.'
Le Kaire. Tombeau de sultans memelouks (Vallée des Tombeaux). Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a group of domed tombs. Flaubert's travel notes record visiting the tombs on 4 December 1849, and the photograph may have been taken on that occasion (see Francis Steegmuller, 'Flaubert in Egypt' (Penguin Books, London, 1996), p. 46).
Égypte Moyenne. Pyramide de Chéops. Photographer: Rochas, Aimé
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the south face of the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), with the smaller group of the Pyramids of the Queens to the right. With additional caption note: 'Chéops — le Souphis de Manéthon — le Choufou des Égyptiens. IVe dynastie.' This photogra...
Égypte Moyenne. Pyramide de Chéphren. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the north-east, looking towards the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra), with the mortuary temple in the left foreground. Flaubert records visiting the Pyramids and the Sphinx with Du Camp (and in a later letter noting the 'excellent photograph that Max has t...
Égypte Moyenne. Le Sphynx vu de face. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view (from the east) of the Great Sphinx at Giza, with the pyramids in the background. Flaubert records visiting the Pyramids and the Sphinx with Du Camp (and in a later letter noting the 'excellent photograph that Max has taken' of the latter) on 7 Dece...
Haute-Égypte. Nécropole de l'ancienne Lycopolis. Asyout. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Landscape Photography View at Asyut (the ancient Lykopolis), looking towards the hillside, pierced near the summit by rows of rock-cut tombs. Flaubert and Du Camp arrived at Asyut on 26 February 1850 and visited the tombs on the same day, before leaving for Qena the next morning. With ad...
Haute-Égypte. Mosquée d'El-Arif et Tombeau de Mourad-Bey, à Saouadji [Sohag]. Mourad-Bey est mort de la peste, à Saouadji, le 21 mai 1801. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the El-Arif Mosque at Sohag, with the small domed tomb of Murad Bay in the left foreground.
Haute-Égypte. Girgeh. Vue générale. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Nile at Girga towards buildings and several minarets on the far side. With additional caption note: 'Ancienne capitale de la Haute-Égypte, dévastée en partie par les dernières inondations du Nil, dont le cours semble depuis quelques années ap...