Live Auction 5984The Country House Sale - Newton Hall
Christie’s roundel
Lot 231

HENRI BÉCHARD

CIRCA 1860-1870

Closed20 January 2010

Price Realised

GBP 16,250

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HENRI BÉCHARD
CIRCA 1860-1870
One hundred and seventy-five photographs of Egypt, and thirteen photographs of Nubia
a series of albumen prints, each approximately 10½ x 14½ in. (26.5 x 37 cm.), titled, numbered and signed in the negatives, mounted on paper (188)

Specialist note

Henri Béchard opened a studio in Cairo around 1869 and received a gold medal for photography at the Universal Exposition, 1878. The present lot contains a comprehensive series of views including historic monuments and buildings, and the people and environs of Cairo.