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Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel

1851–52
(French, 1817–1892)
publisher

Goupil et Cie

France, 19th century
salted paper print from calotype negative
Image: 23.9 x 30.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Paper: 37.8 x 50.3 cm (14 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1992.234
Location: not on view
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While other images of Abu Simbel by Teynard, Maxime Du Camp, and Antonio Beato emphasize the massive scale of the two temples carved into the rocks, this view by Teynard sets the colossal sculptures into the context of the large cliffs and vast expanses of desert. Like the temple at Philae,the temple complex at Abu Simbel was relocated in 1968 to prevent its submersion beneath the lake formed by the Aswan High Dam. This view no longer exists.
Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel

Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel

1851–52

Félix Teynard, Goupil et Cie

(French, 1817–1892), null
France, 19th century

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