Who created "[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]"?

[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean] was created by Maxime Du Camp in 1849–51.

When was "[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]" created?

This artwork was created 1849–51.

What medium is "[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]"?

[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean] is Salted paper prints.

Is "[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]" in the public domain?

Yes, [Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean] is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]

Maxime Du Camp

1849–51

Medium

Salted paper prints

Dimensions

Mounts: 8 3/8 × 11 9/16 in. (21.2 × 29.4 cm), each

Classification

Albums

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005

Accession Number

2005.100.967.1 (1–20)

About the Artist

Maxime Du Camp · 1822–present

Maxime Du Camp (1822–1894) was a pioneering French photographer and writer whose adventurous spirit and technical innovation bridged literature and visual art during the mid-19th century. Born in Paris on February 8, 1822, to a prosperous family—his father a successful surgeon—Du Camp received a solid bourgeois education at the Collège Bourbon (now Lycée Condorcet), where he cultivated interests i...

[Photographs of the Eastern Mediterranean]

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