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Columns of the Great Temple, Baalbec

published 1862
19th century
221 x 159 mm (8.7 x 6.3 in.)

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

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume

Series: from Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine

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

Marks: Printed on mount: “COLUMNS OF THE GREAT TEMPLE, / Ballbec”; printed on mount, lower right below image: “Frith, Photo.”; inscribed in pencil on mount, lower right corner: “50”; inscribed on negative in image, lower right corner: “Frith P 142”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Collector’s stamp of Weston J. Naef in red on verso of album’s frontispiece

Bibliography: Douglas R. Nickel, Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004).

Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010

Accession Number: 2010.15.17

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architecture*, Asia*, columns (architectural elements)*, Lebanon*, temples*, travel photography

architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
Asia - TGN 1000004
columns (architectural elements) - Use for cylindrical, upright masonry members, usually either giving support or appearing to give support and usually comprised of three sections: a base, capital, and shaft; common also on furniture, especially as decorative elements. Use also for all uprights in steel frame or concrete frame structures. For square or rectangular members, either in masonry construction or classically treated, and for massive uprights in Medieval architecture, use "piers (supporting elements)"; for wooden square uprights, use "posts." [January 1995 related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'columns'; alternate term changed, was 'column'; descriptor moved. July 1991 scope note changed.]
Lebanon - TGN 1000126
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

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image Dimensions: 221 x 159 mm (8.7 x 6.3 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Columns of the Great Temple, Baalbec, published 1862. From Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume. image : 221 x 159 mm (8.7 x 6.3 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 435 x 312 mm (17.1 x 12.3 in.). DAC accession number 2010.15.17. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010.

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