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Gournah (Thèbes). Palais dit le Memnonium (Main View)

Félix Teynard

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The ruins of a temple in a desert landscape. Three rectangular arches still stand supported by four square columns. The statue of a figure with its arms crossed over its chest rests against each column. The heads are missing from all four statues.

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  • Title: Gournah (Thèbes). Palais dit le Memnonium (Main View)
  • Creator: Félix Teynard
  • Date Created: negative 1851–1852; print 1853
  • Location Created: Thebes, Luxor, Egypt; Qurna, Egypt
  • Physical Dimensions: 23.8 × 30.5 cm (9 3/8 × 12 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Salted paper print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.XB.693.1.42
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Félix Teynard (French, 1817 - 1892)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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