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Félix Bonfils (8th Mar, 1831 - 1885)

Vue d'angle de la porte Bâb El-Nasr au Caire

Credit:

Photo (C) Ministère de la Culture - Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Félix Bonfils

Charenton-le-Pont, Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

http://www.mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/

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rampart (fortification)

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About the artwork

Title:

Vue d'angle de la porte Bâb El-Nasr au Caire

Periods:

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

Techniques:

Dimensions:

206 x 260

Inventory number:

MFO009701

Detail:

Porte de la Victoire.

Location:

Charenton-le-Pont, Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

About the author(s)

Author:

Also known as:

Felix Bonfils

Paul Félix Bonfils

Paul-Felix Bonfils

Paul-Félix Bonfils

Paul Felix Bonfils

Born:

8th Mar, 1831

Dead:

1885

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Félix Bonfils (8 March 1831 – 1885) was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East. He was born in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort and died in Alès. Félix worked as a bookbinder but in 1860 he joined General d'Hautpoul's expedition to the Levant. Soon after returning from Lebanon he became a photographer. When his son Adrien fell ill, Félix remembered the green hills around Beirut and sent him there to recover, being accompanied by Marie-Lydie Cabanis Bonfils, Félix's wife. The… Read more...