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View at Karnac, from the Granite Pylon

1857 (published 1862)
19th century
158 x 228 mm (6.2 x 9 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: “VIEW AT KARNAC, FROM THE GRANITE PYLON.”; printed on mount, lower right below image: “Frith, Photo.”; inscribed in pencil on mount, lower left corner: “44”; inscribed on negative in image, lower left corner: “Frith E No 49 1857”
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: 2010.15.14

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This object has the following keywords:
  • Africa - TGN 7001242
  • 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.]
  • Egypt - TGN 7016833
  • Karnak - TGN 7001446
  • travel photography

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  • image Dimensions: 158 x 228 mm (6.2 x 9 in.)

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