1880s Temple of isis Maison Bonfils Print and similar items

Vintage 1880s Temple of isis Maison Bonfils Print Egypt Hand colored albumen print mounted on board in great condition as displayed in the photo gallery 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Mounted on board. Protective covering. (Inv#54109) Photographs produced by Maison Bonfils during its establishment in Beirut in 1867 up to the first decade of the 20th century. Landscapes, Portraits of Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, and few images of Turkey, Smyrna or Greece. Photographs on glass (glass plates positives and negatives), loose albumin prints conserved in portfolio, photographic albums, cartes de visite and cabinet cards, stereoscopic views. Images depicting the Middle East of the late 19th century, with an 'orientalist' perspective, sometimes a romantic approach, produced for the European market. Throckmorton Fine Art is a New York-based gallery specializing in vintage and contemporary photography of the Americas for over 25 years. Its primary focus is latin american photographers. The gallery also specializes in chinese jades and antiquities, as well as pre-columbian art. Throckmorton's extraordinary photography collection includes strong works of museum quality by luminaries such as Tina Modotti, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Edward Weston and Martin Chambi, to name only a few. The gallery also has an extensive inventory of paintings, works on paper and graphics by modern and contemporary latin american artists, along with a strong collection of male nude photography by various artists; such as, Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden, Vincenzo Galdi, Danny Lyon, George Dureau, Guglielmo Pluschow, etc. Nadaopa member since 1980 Aipad member since 1994 Americas Elite 1000 member 2001