Félix Bonfils (1831-1885), Antonio Beato (1825-1906), and others
Ancient Monuments, c.1860s-1880s

A selection of nine (9) albumen prints, image sizes 21 x 263.cm (smallest) to 28 x 22.5cm (largest), each mounted to grey board, overall measuring 35.5 x 46cm (or the reverse); featuring images of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Monuments. Photographers include Félix Bonfils (3), signed, titled, and numbered in the negative; and Antonio Beato (2), signed in the negative. Subjects include the Ruins of the Temple of the Sun, Baalbek, the Temple of Isis, Philae; the Trajan's Kiosk, Philae; bas-reliefs from the Parthenon, Athens; and Abu-Simbel, Egypt. Together with an albumen print depicting the Galata Bridge in Istanbul after Pascal Sebah, image size 18.2 x 24cm; and a double-sided loose album page, each depicting the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, Cairo, image size 22 x 28cm; and a view of the Nile, by L. Fiorillo, image size 19.5 x 26.5, titled, numbered and signed in the negative.