Blanquart-Evrard process salt print by Maxime Du Camp, printed ca. 1852 from paper negative 1849-51. Mounted on sheet 12 x 17.5 inches (31x44 cm) with engraved titles "Haute Égypte / Vue Général d'Esneh / Maxime Du Camp / Gide et Baudry, Editeurs / Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard à Lille / Pl. 64." Print size 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14x22 cm). Price: $3,200. ( Inventory# hb49b )
Maxime Du Camp, after receiving photography lessons from Gustave Le Gray, produced among the first photographs of Egypt while traveling with his friend Gustave Flaubert during 1849-51.