Dandoûr, Nubie
1851
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.9 × 31.1 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Funds from various donors, 2013
Accession Number
2013.431
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-baked sands of 19th-century Nubia with Félix Teynard *Dandoûr, Nubie* (1851), a salted paper print that captures the majestic ruins of this ancient Egyptian site. Teynard, a French photographer and draftsman, ventured along the Nile during an expedition from 1851 to 1852, documenting monumental architecture with one of the era's most innovative tools: the camera. This image, measuring nearly 24 x 31 cm, reveals the weathered grandeur of Dandoûr's stone temples and columns, evoking the enduring legacy of pharaonic engineering amid desert isolation. Printed from a paper negati...
About the Artist
Félix Teynard · 1817–1892
**Félix Teynard (1817–1892)** was a pioneering French photographer whose work captured the ancient wonders of Egypt and Nubia with unprecedented precision and artistry. Born on January 14, 1817, in Saint-Flour, he trained as a civil engineer in Grenoble, a hub of Egyptology that likely sparked his fascination with ancient architecture. Little is documented about his early life or formal photograph...