Félix Teynard

In 1842 Teynard left his job as an engineer and by 1851 he was practicing photography. From 1951 to 1852 Teynard photographed the ancient monuments in Egypt and Nubia while on a pleasure trip. In 1852 Teynard had made the most complete photographic record to date of the Nile Valley from Cairo, Egypt to the Second Cataract in Nubia. Teynard's photographs were published in 1853-1854 by Goupil et cie, and called "Egypt et Nubie. Sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire. Atlas photographique accompagné de plans et d'une table explicative servant de complément à la grande 'description de l'Egypte'".