Bonfils, Felix
French (1831-1885)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Palmyra: A Sculptured Capital, Syria

ca. 1867-1876
albumen print
23.2 x 28.4 cm.
Museum Purchase
GEH NEG: 23489
73:0074:0006

NON-GEH NUMBERS: 380 / 239

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Ritchie, Thomas. "Bonfils & Son, Egypt, Greece and the Levant; 1867-1894.", --History of Photography--, Vol. 3, no. 1, 1979 January. p. 33-46.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 171.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 171.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Acquisitions 1970-1973", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark, October 13, 1973 - January 30, 1974.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Beginnings of Art in Photography: Selections from the Museum's Nineteenth", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, December 22 - October 7, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed in negative) "380", (printed label in negative) "239 Palmyre. Sculpture de Chapiteau (Syrie)"

NOTES: Catalogued by R. Sobieszek/PB, 4/85.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ancient
landscape, figure in