François Joseph Edouard de CAMPIGNEULLES (1826-1879)

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François Joseph Edouard de CAMPIGNEULLES (1826-1879)
Exceptional collection of forty vintage albumin prints, from waxed paper negatives, contained in a cloth portfolio with double internal flaps, marked on the first cover "ED. DE CAMPIGNEULLES - VOYAGE EN ORIENT" and by the initials "O.S." (Olivier de Séguin) surmounted by a count's crown on the second cover, all in gilt letters (edges partly detached). A native of Douai, in the north of France, Edouard de CAMPIGNEULLES has only been known to specialists in early photography for about fifteen years, and little is known about him other than that he spent time in the Near East between 1857 and 1858, visiting Egypt and Syria in particular, and that he was an archeology enthusiast. His mastery of framing, where he excelled in low-angle shots, as well as the finesse of the rendering of his prints, suggest that he may have been trained in France before his departure for the Near East by an established photographer, who may have been Gustave Le Gray. From what we have learned from one of Olivier de Séguin's descendants, he would have met Edouard de CAMPIGNEULLES in Egypt, and could have accompanied him on his journey, perhaps producing this collection on the spot. Edouard de CAMPIGNEULLES has since been included, with a special note, in the book Les primitifs de la photographie, 1843-1860 edited by Sylvie Aubenas and Paul-Louis Roubert, published by Gallimard for the BNF, Paris 2010 Print formats, signatures and captions The prints measure an average of 27.5 x 33 cm, with variations in width and height ranging from a few millimetres to a centimetre The prints are mounted on card stock measuring 42 x 52.5 cm (38) and 47 x 61 cm (2). A number of the mounts show pitting in the margins over a few centimetres, away from the prints. A small number of prints have imperfections in the skies at the top. Half of the prints have Olivier de Séguin's signature, numbering and captions on the back of the cardboard. From Lower Egypt to the first cataract of the Nile, then to Sinai and Arabia The pyramids of Giza. The Mosques and Tombs of Cairo The Small and Middle Pyramids of Giza Cairo. Mosque of Sultan Hassan Cairo. Citadel Street and the Ibrahim-Ayah Mosque Cairo. Entrance to the Citadel and the Mosque of Mehemet Ali Tomb of Sultan Barkouk in Cairo Tomb of Sultan Barkouk in Cairo Mosque of the Mamluk Sultan Kait Bey Mosque of the Mamluk Sultan Kait Bey The Mosque near Rhoumelieh Square Pharaonic and Muslim sites of Upper Egypt Girgeh, view from Abydos Temple of Hathor at Denderah Karnak (Thebes). Interior view of the Hypostyle Hall Karnak. Ruins of the Akh Menou built by Thutmose III Louqsor. Ruins, view of the Nile Louqsor. General view, in front of the plain of Thebes The Western Ramesseum, called the Tomb of Osymandias Western Thebes. Funerary temple of Rameses III at Madinat Habu West Thebes. Palace of Rameses III at Madinat Habu, inscriptions and sculptures Mission camp at the foot of a site Pharaonic and Muslim sites in Nubia The Temple of Dakka, Lower Nubia Mosque of Bellal Ruins of the Temple of Maharakkah The Temple of Murdi Essabona The Temple of Amen at Amada Necropolis of Aswan. Tomb of the Victims of Khalid ibn al-Walid, nicknamed ''the Sword of God'' in the Caliphate of Omar General view of the island of Philae, south of Aswan Doum palm (crucifera thebaica) Group of large palms Sites of Sinai The summit of Mount Sinai The monastery of Saint Catherine, taken from the first ramparts of the Jebel Moussa View of the Monastery of Saint Catherine Ancient Arabia and Syria Ruins of Petra. The Nabatean royal tombs Baalbek. General view of the Roman ruins Baalbek. Exterior of the Temple of Jupiter View of Damascus and the Anti-Lebanon Damascus. The citadel seen from the top of a terrace Façade of the house of the French Consulate in Damascus Ruins of the church of Saint John, today the Great Mosque of Damascus Interior of the house of the French Consulate in Damascus Interior courtyard of a house
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