Émile Béchard (1844-unknown date) Journey to... Lot 91

Émile Béchard (1844-unknown date) Journey to Upper Egypt and Nubia, c. 1872. Second Cataract. Temple of Ibsamboul. Temple of Seboua. Temple of Maharakka. Temple of Dakkeh. Temple of Kircheh. Temple of Dandour. Temple of Kalapcheh. Temple of Kerdaseh. Temple of Debod. The crocodile hunt. Island of Philae. Temple of Isis. Temple of Hypaethrale. View of the Nile. Island of Biggeh. Arch of Triumph. Cataract of Aswan. Port of Aswan. Temple of Ombos. Gebel Silsileh. Temple of Edfu. Village of Edfu. The Nile. Temple of Esneh. Louqsor. Karnak. Thebes. Colossi of Memnon. Temple of Qournah. Valley of the Kings. Temple of Ramaseum. Medinet Abou. Temple of Denderah. Temple of Seti I in Abydos. Temple of Abydos. Girgeh. Village of Sheikh Abbadehe. The caves of Beni Hassan. Forest of palm trees. Sakieh. Saqqarah. Pyramid of Cheops. Climbing the Great Pyramid. Descent of the Great Pyramid. Pyramid of Chephren. The Sphinx. General view of the pyramids. Pyramids of Ghyzeh. Citadel of Cairo. Bab-el-Nasr district. General view of Cairo. Tombs of the Mamluks. Tombs of the Caliphs. Dossay (religious festival in Cairo). Barkouk Mosque. Emir-el-Gich Mosque. El-Ashraf Mosque. Caid Bey Mosque. Mehmet Ali Mosque. Mosque of Sultan Hassan. Mosque of Touloum. Mosque of Amrou. Minaret of the El-Hakem Mosque. Fountain and Arab school. Moucharabieh. Court of an Arab house. Arab school. Mansour Pacha street. Seideh Zeyneb street. Touloum street. The Mokatan. The Halig. Bridge of Guezireh. Panoramic view. Avenue of Choubrah. Obelisk of Heliopolis. Tree of the Virgin in Matarieh. Sakieh. Chadouf (Arab watering system). Souc el-Silah street. Album on sheet, titled and illustrated with gold on the first cover, titled on the back, composed of 198 albumen prints, from glass negatives, mounted on cardboard. Legends, numbering from 1 to 211 (some missing) and signature "H. Béchard" in each negative. 15 albumen prints by Friderik Meissner, Christian Paier and others at the end of the volume. Album size: 52,5x39cm Average size of Émile Béchard's prints: 28x39,5cm Average size of the prints at the end of the volume: 20x25cmOften confused with his brother Hippolyte (himself wrongly referred to as Henri), Émile Béchard owned a studio in Cairo, with Hippolyte Délié, then alone, from 1869 to 1880 . The reappropriation of his brother's works by Hippolyte Béchard, who signed the prints H. Béchard, who signed the prints H. Béchard and ensured their distribution, has for a long time maintained a confusion about the true author of the images.