Lot 4021: Brugsch, Émile: Mummy of Egyptian princess XXI dynasty

(Attributed to). Mummy of Egyptian princess from the XIX dynasty; Mummy of Ramses II. 1881. 1 sepia-toned gelatin silver print and 1 albumen print. 23 x 17 cm and 27 x 20,5 cm. Annotated in white/black ink in lower right corner, mounted to both sides of board.
Assistant to the Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, Émile Brugsch became the assistant curator of the Boulaq Museum under Mariette and the Cairo Museum under Maspèro. He was an amateur photographer who specialized in reproducing museum objects and mummified remains. Images of Egyptian mummies in the exceptional quality offered here are extremely rare. - Some scuff marks, Ramses print slightly faded, otherwise with rich tones and in near excellent condition. - With: Images of Egyptian sculptures. 1880s. 1 sepia-toned gelatin silver print and 1 albumen print. 1 annotated in lower corner in ink, the other annotated in the negative (P. Sebah). Mounted to both sides of board.
Lit.: Ken Jacobson. Odalisques and Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839 - 1925. London 2007, see ill. pp. 51 and 219.