Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)

"Égypte / Djïzeh (Necropole de Memphis) / Pyramide de Chéops (Grande Pyramide),"

1851-1852

Salt print, 1853-1854, from a paper negative

24.5 x 30.7 cm

Félix Teynard was one of the first visitors to Egypt to record its monuments and landscape in photographs. A civil engineer from Grenoble, who may have learned the waxed paper negative process from Le Gray, he traveled on an extended voyage to photograph the architecture and landscape of Egypt and Nubia in 1851-1852. Teynard’s 160 images constituted the most complete photographic record to date of the Nile Valley from Cairo to the Second Cataract. These were printed by the Paris firm of Fonteny in 1853-1854 and published by Goupil in 1858.

Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)
Dandour. Paroi Meridionale de l'Exterieur du Sanctuaire. Pl. 122, 1851-1852
Salt print from a waxed paper negative
26.1 x 31.4 cm on 29.2 x 36.8 cm paper
Numbered "No 122" with trim lines in the negative

Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)
Louksor (Thebes). Construction Postérieure - Galeries Parallèles. Pl. 32, 1851-1852
Salt print from a waxed paper negative
26.4 x 31.5 cm on 29.0 x 37.0 cm paper
Numbered "No 32" with trim lines in the negative

Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)
Sebouah. Temple - Colosse et Sphinx de la Partie Gauche de l'Avenue. Pl. 131, 1851-1852
Waxed paper negative
25.9 x 31.8 cm

Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)
"Sebouah. Temple - Colosse et Sphinx de la Partie Gauche de l'Avenue. Pl. 131", 1851-1852
Salt print, 1853-1854, from a waxed paper negative
23.8 x 30.7 cm, mounted
Photographer's monogram stamp in green ink. Oval blindstamp, printed title and credits on mount.

Plate 131 from Teynard's Egypte et Nubie