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Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria
19th century
Maison Bonfils
founded 1867
French
Unknown
Albumen print
Image: 8 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (22.5 × 28.3 cm) Mount: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
1988.96
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in the negative, lower left: Bonfils
Inscribed, in the negative, lower right: 17. Alexandrie, Obélisque de Cléopâtre
Provenance
1988-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Maison Bonfils, Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 19th century, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988.96.
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