Felix Bonfils (1831-1885) Cairo, Toulon District, C.1870 Albumen Print Signed

Photograph vintage albumen print signed Bonfils Rue du Quartier Toulon, Cairo, Egypt The prints marketed by Bonfils are prints on albumen paper obtained from wet collodion negatives. A copy of this image can be found at La Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie as well as in the Bonfils collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, USA. - Under mat 40x50cm - Photo Format 22.5 x 27 cm - Cardboard Format 27.5 x 36 cm Felix Bonfils is a French photographer (1831 - 1885). He learned photography from Niepce de Saint-Victor, nephew of Nicéphore Niepce. He opened his photographic workshop in 1867 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he specialized in the architecture and landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Greece.
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