Antonio "Antoine" Beato (Italian-British, 1835-1906). A group of 19 photographs depicting ancient Egyptian temples and monuments by Antonio Beato, also known as Antoine Beato, circa 1860 to 1880. It is thought that Antoine Beato used this name rather than "Antonio", because he worked primarily in Egypt which had a significant French population. A wonderful ensemble of historical photos depicting sites such as Nefertiti Temple, Ramses II Great Temple, Ramses III Small Temple enclosing Tuthmosis III Temple, Karnak Temple First Pylon, Avenue of Sphinxes before The First Pylon, and the Sphinx at Giza. Size: ~15.5" L x 10" W (39.4 cm x 25.4 cm); lot includes both portrait and landscape format photographs

About the Artist: "Antonio Beato was an Italian-British photographer, known for his landscape views of the architecture of Egypt and other locations in the Mediterranean region. He was the younger brother of photographer Felice Beato (1832 - 1909), with whom he sometimes worked. Antonio Beato's origins are uncertain; he was most likely born in Venetian territory and later became a naturalized British citizen. His brother was born in Venice, but the family may have moved to Corfu, which had been a Venetian possession until 1814 when it was acquired by Britain. The large number of photographs signed 'Felice Antonio Beato' and 'Felice A. Beato', raised the idea that there was a photographer who somehow managed to photograph contemporarily in different countries such as Egypt and Japan. Later, in 1983 Italo Zannier deducted that 'Felice Antonio Beato' represented two brothers, Felice Beato and Antonio Beato, sharing a signature. The confusion arising from the signatures continued to cause problems in identifying which of the two photographers was the creator of a given image. Antonio often used the French version of his given name, as Antoine Beato. It is presumed that he did so because he mainly worked in Egypt, which had a large French-speaking population. Antonio Beato went to Cairo in 1860, spending two years there before moving to Luxor, where he opened a photographic studio in 1862 and began producing tourist images of the people and architectural sites of the area. In 1864, at a time when his brother Felice was living and photographing in Japan, Antonio photographed members of Ikeda Nagaoki's Japanese mission, who were visiting Egypt on their way to France. Antonio Beato died in Luxor in 1906. Sources: Italo Zannier 'Verso Oriente, fotografie di Antonio e Felice Beato' Alinari, 1986." (American Academy in Rome Digital Humanities Center website)

Provenance: private Carroll collection, Georgia, USA, by descent; ex-private Jim Carroll collection, Maryland, USA, acquired in the 1960s

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Expected age wear and toning. Handwritten notes in pencil on versos identifying images. Some are offset and show proof numbers.