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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Village Scene
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Held by the artist.

Village Scene

Artist/Maker (Italy, 1825-1906)
Datelate 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSight: 11 7/8 x 16 in. (30.2 x 40.6 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number2006.34.1.6
    DescriptionThe location of this quiet village scene cannot be identified. Of Egyptian dwellings, E.W. Lane wrote in his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836): "Very few large or handsome houses are to be seen in Egypt, excepting in the metropolis and some other towns. The dwellings of the lower orders, particularly those of the peasants ... are mostly built of unbaked bricks, cemented together with mud ... The chambers have small apertures high up in the walls, for the admission of light and air - sometimes furnished with a grating of wood. The roofs are formed of palm branches and palm leaves ... laid upon rafters of the trunk of the palm, and covered with a plaster of mud and chopped straw. ... Most of the villages of Egypt are situated upon eminences of rubbish, and are surrounded by palm trees, or have a few of these trees in their vicinity." The signature of the artist has been partially scratched out of the negative, a not uncommon result of one photographer having purchased the plates of another.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Antonio Beato
    late 19th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guidoccio Cozzarelli
    ca. 1480-1490
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    mid 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bamileke people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Zapotec
    ca. 600-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Duncan McClellan
    2002