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The Circular Temple, Baalbec

published 1862
19th century
157 x 219 mm (6.2 x 8.6 in.)

Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on medium-weight off-white wove paper as sewn leaf in bound volume

Series: from Sinai and Palestine

Edition: As published in the album "Sinai and Palestine" (London: William Mackenzie), 1862

Marks: Printed on mount: “THE CIRCULAR TEMPLE, Ballbec.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “72”; inscribed on negative in image, lower left corner: “Frith P141”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Collector’s stamp of Weston J. Naef in red on verso of the volume’s title page

Bibliography: Douglas R. Nickel, Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004); Jon Manchip White, Egypt and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs: 77 Views by Francis Frith (New York: Dover, 1980), plate 74.

Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2009

Accession Number: 2009.16.26

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Asia*, Middle East*, Syria*, temples*, travel photography

Asia - TGN 1000004
Middle East - TGN 7001526 (general region). All DAC object records formerly indexed with term “West Asia” were revised in 2010 to “Middle East” (Eurocentric but standards-compliant); some future TGN revision that uses current preferred terms may support restoration of the better “West Asia.”
Syria - TGN 1000140
temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]
travel photography

Dimensions

image Dimensions: 157 x 219 mm (6.2 x 8.6 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . The Circular Temple, Baalbec, published 1862. From Sinai and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on medium-weight off-white wove paper as sewn leaf in bound volume. image : 157 x 219 mm (6.2 x 8.6 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 318 x 437 mm (12.5 x 17.2 in.). DAC accession number 2009.16.26. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2009.

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