Orientalist photographs (Nubia, Turkey, Egypt,... - Lot 52 - Pescheteau-Badin

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Orientalist photographs (Nubia, Turkey, Egypt,... - Lot 52 - Pescheteau-Badin
Orientalist photographs (Nubia, Turkey, Egypt, ...). Circa 1880-1900. Set of about a dozen prints mainly albuminized. On the front, dry stamp " A. C. Champagne". On the back of the prints, stamp "Photographic Warehouse 180 rue de Rivoli" and/or handwritten or typed annotations and/or number. Examples: "Istanbul. Colossi of the Great Temple", "General View of the Island of Phylae (Philae)", "Louqsor (Louxor), Ensemble des grands temples", "Temple de Dakkeh", "Dandour le Temple", "Rhamséion & statue", etc. Average size about 18,3 x 11 cm. Prints with folds. Provenance: Albert SARRAUT Collection Albert Sarraut (1872-1962) is a famous French politician. Governor General of Indochina from 1911 to 1914, then from 1917 to 1919, Minister of the Colonies from 1920 to 1924, then in 1932 and 1933, several times Minister of the Navy (1930, 1931, 1933 and 1934) and Minister of the Interior (1926-1928, 1934, 1936, 1938 to 1940), he briefly led two governments of the Third Republic in 1933 and 1936. He was a deputy and then a senator for the Aude from 1902 to 1945. He was deported in 1944 by the Germans. After the war, still attached to colonial policy, he chaired the Assembly of the French Union from 1951 to 1958. Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1953.
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