Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Thebes, No. 68, ca. 1860 – 1870

Title

Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Thebes, No. 68

Photographer

• Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography
• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert recto unten rechts auf der Fotografie: W. Hammerschmidt N. 68
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Druckschriftzeile: Vallée des Tombeaux des Rois à Thébés

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient holdings. Acquired in the 19th century

Genre

• landscape

Main Motif

• Valley of the Kings
• Al-Qurn
• Theban mountains
• valley
• mountain range
• Thebes (Egypt)

Primary

• 25H landscapes
• 25H11 mountains
• 61E(VALLEY OF THE KINGS) names of cities and villages (VALLEY OF THE KINGS)
• 61D(EL-Qurn) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (EL-Qurn) (EL-Qurn)
• 61D(THEBAN MOUNTAINS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (THEBAN MOUNTAINS) (THEBAN MOUNTAINS)

Secondary

• 25H12 dale, valley
• 25H112 rocks
• 61E(THEBES) names of cities and villages (THEBES)

Associative

• 42E431 necropolis