The approach to Karnak, with the Avenue of Sphinxes, and the beautiful Ptolemaic pylon

The approach to Karnak, with the Avenue of Sphinxes, and the beautiful Ptolemaic pylon

Photograph

Francis Frith

Maker
English, 1822–1898

The approach to Karnak, with the Avenue of Sphinxes, and the beautiful Ptolemaic pylon

ca. 1858
Albumen silver print
Image (Each): 2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (6.7 × 7 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (8.3 × 17.1 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.7147.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in negative on recto, BL: Frith 363
Inscribed in ink on mount on recto, BC: The approach to Karnak.
Inscribed in pencil on mount on recto, TRC: 21-
Printed on applied label on verso, C: The approach to KARNAK, with the AVENUE OF SPHINXES, and the \ beautiful Ptolemaic pylon. \ All the colossal sphinxes now seen in Egypt are much dilapidated, those here shown \ being among the most perfect.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, RC: J.C. Smith
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BRC: 20
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