Peridis Pappa (3 results)

SEBAH, J. Pascal, DITTRICH, P., PERIDIS, Pappa, and BECHARD, H. Collection of 69 photographs. Cairo: J.P Sebah, P. Dittrich, Pappa Peridis, H. Bechard, circa 1880. Vintage albumen prints (each measuring about 8-1/2 by 11 inches), individually mounted on heavy card stock (total measures 11 by 14 inches), most captioned and signed with photographer's studio imprint in the negative, later printed labels on mount versos. Housed in three matching custom clamshell boxes. $12,000.69 Striking exhibition-size photographs, circa 1880-1890, of Egyptian temples and monuments, by J. Pascal Sebah and other pioneering photographers in the early trade in images of Egyptian antiquities, including photographs from many of the most iconic temples and locations in Egypt, including the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-el-Bahri, the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, the Temple of Amon at Luxor and the Great Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel.Near the end of the 19th century, "the Middle East exerted an irresistible attraction" to much of Europe. "It was in Egypt that the first resident photographic studios were opened" (Frizot, 161), encouraging the work of photographers such as J. Pascal Sébah, famed for his "fine images produced in Turkey and Egypt" (Hannavy, Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Photography I:1260) and P. Dittrich, the first German photographer to set up shop in Cairo. This collection includes 31 photographs by Sébah and 17 by Dittrich, plus 21 additional photographs by other photographers, including Pappa Peridis and H. Bechard. This collection includes multiple images of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak (10), the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-el-Bahri (9), the Tomb of Ti at Sakkara (7), the Temple of Hathor at Denderah (6), the Temple of Amon at Luxor (6), the Temple of Seti I at Abydos (5), the Temple of Isis at Island of Philae (4), Ramses III's Temple at Medinet Habu (3), the Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel (3), the Ramesseum at Thebes (3), the Temple of Horus at Edfu (2) and the Temple at Kalabsha (2) and individual images, including other sites at Karnak, Sakkara and Thebes. With institutional printed labels to mount versos. A fine collection.

None. Condition: None. Twenty-eight loose original photos (26 albumen and two gelatin silver; including two duplicates), all ca. 22x28 cm (8 ¾ x 11 in) or slightly smaller. All but one photo is captioned in negative, twenty-two are signed "Zangaki," two - "Peridis" and one - "Marquis & Fiorillo" in negative. Several photos slightly waved, several with minor creases or tears on extremities, two with small losses of corners, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Interesting collection of early original albumen and gelatin silver photographs of Egypt from the late 19th-early 20th century, taken by the prominent local studios of Zangaki Brothers, Pappa Peridis, and Luigi Fiorillo. Twenty-two photos by the studio of Zangaki Brothers show Cairo (Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, Citadel and nearby Arab village, the Nile at Bulaq, a street view), Aswan (the Nile and railway tracks with various machinery), Pyramids of Giza (general views with Mena House hotel, the Nile and palm groves or a small dam, a close-up view of the Great Pyramid), Philae Temple (general views taken from the north, Temple of Hathor), Karnak Temple (Great Hypostyle Hall), the First Cataract at Aswan, three views of the "Olga" dahabiya boat on the Nile (Swedish flag is visible, two locations are captioned - the Elephantine Island and Aswan), &c. Two images by the Greek photographer Pappa Peridis depict the panoramic view of Cairo and the alley of destroyed sphinxes leading to the Pylon of Ptolemy III at the Karnak Temple. Other photographs include two views of the Philae Island and Temple - before and after it was flooded by the construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902 (the second image by Marquis & Fiorillo shows the scale of inundation by the raised level of the Nile), Cataract Hotel in Aswan (built in 1899) and a scene of an official celebration in a town on the river bank - most likely, Aswan (with visible flags of Great Britain and the Sultanate of Egypt). "The Zangaki brothers were born on the island of Milos. It is not known where they learned photography but soon after their arrival in Egypt, they became established photographers. The Greek brothers' photographs are very commonly found in tourists' albums assembled in the Middle East in the latter part of the 19th century. From their Port Said studio, they were in an ideal position to sell to those on the Grand Tour" (Jacobson, K. Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography, 1839-1925. London, 2007, p. 277). Luigi Fiorillo worked in Alexandria in the 1870s-1890s. Pappa Peridis was active in Port Said and Cairo in the 1880s-1900s, being apparently associated with the Zangaki Brothers.

None. Condition: None. Twenty-eight loose original photos (26 albumen and two gelatin silver; including two duplicates), all ca. 22x28 cm (8 ¾ x 11 in) or slightly smaller. All but one photo is captioned in negative, twenty-two are signed "Zangaki," two - "Peridis" and one - "Marquis & Fiorillo" in negative. Several photos slightly waved, several with minor creases or tears on extremities, two with small losses of corners, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Interesting collection of early original albumen and gelatin silver photographs of Egypt from the late 19th-early 20th century, taken by the prominent local studios of Zangaki Brothers, Pappa Peridis, and Luigi Fiorillo. Twenty-two photos by the studio of Zangaki Brothers show Cairo (Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, Citadel and nearby Arab village, the Nile at Bulaq, a street view), Aswan (the Nile and railway tracks with various machinery), Pyramids of Giza (general views with Mena House hotel, the Nile and palm groves or a small dam, a close-up view of the Great Pyramid), Philae Temple (general views taken from the north, Temple of Hathor), Karnak Temple (Great Hypostyle Hall), the First Cataract at Aswan, three views of the "Olga" dahabiya boat on the Nile (Swedish flag is visible, two locations are captioned - the Elephantine Island and Aswan), &c. Two images by the Greek photographer Pappa Peridis depict the panoramic view of Cairo and the alley of destroyed sphinxes leading to the Pylon of Ptolemy III at the Karnak Temple. Other photographs include two views of the Philae Island and Temple - before and after it was flooded by the construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902 (the second image by Marquis & Fiorillo shows the scale of inundation by the raised level of the Nile), Cataract Hotel in Aswan (built in 1899) and a scene of an official celebration in a town on the river bank - most likely, Aswan (with visible flags of Great Britain and the Sultanate of Egypt). "The Zangaki brothers were born on the island of Milos. It is not known where they learned photography but soon after their arrival in Egypt, they became established photographers. The Greek brothers' photographs are very commonly found in tourists' albums assembled in the Middle East in the latter part of the 19th century. From their Port Said studio, they were in an ideal position to sell to those on the Grand Tour" (Jacobson, K. Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography, 1839-1925. London, 2007, p. 277). Luigi Fiorillo worked in Alexandria in the 1870s-1890s. Pappa Peridis was active in Port Said and Cairo in the 1880s-1900s, being apparently associated with the Zangaki Brothers.