Vue d'Assouan

Description
1 photograph
Albumen
Alternate Title
View of Aswan
Collection
Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
8.5 x 7.5 cm ( 3.25 x 3 in).
Notes
Ruins on the top of a hill. The Nile River flows below. A town is visible in the background. Various types of boats and ships are on the Nile.
The photograph is mounted (four per album page) in a faux-alligator album which has white lettering on the cover and part of a metal clasp. The title has been handwritten in ink beneath the photograph.
The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS. Lazard inserted a handwritten label inside the front cover: "80 photographies petites [taills purseés sans value]."
Condition: Good
Provenance
Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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