[Waterfall, Constantine], 1856, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23.3 x 30.1 cm (9 3/16 x 11 7/8 in.), Photographs, John Beasley Greene (American, active France, 1832–1856), The son of a Boston banker stationed in Paris, Greene grew up in the French capital and adopted the techniques and aesthetic sensibilities of the pioneering French photographers of the early 1850s. A well-to-do amateur archaeologist, he made two trips to Egypt in 1853-54 and 1854-55 and there produced an impressive body of photographs of monuments, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and landscapes
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Waterfall, Constantine, 1856, Salted paper print, paper negative, Image, 23.3 x 30.1 cm, 9 3/16 11 7/8, Photographs, John Beasley Greene, American, active France, 1832–1856, son, Boston banker, stationed, Paris, Greene grew, up, French capital, adopted, techniques, aesthetic sensibilities, pioneering French, photographers, early 1850s, well, do amateur, archaeologist, two trips, Egypt, 1853-54, 1854-55, produced, impressive body, photographs, monuments, hieroglyphic inscriptions, landscapes
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