Colossal Figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia

Colossal Figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia

Photograph

Francis Frith

Maker
English, 1822–1898

Colossal Figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia

Upper Egypt and Ethiopia


ca. 1857
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 3/4 × 6 in. (22.2 × 15.2 cm)
Mount: 17 3/16 × 12 7/16 in. (43.7 × 31.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1993.0648.0029
Inscriptions Inscribed in negative on recto, BRC: Frith
Printed on mount on recto, BC: COLOSSAL FIGURE AT ABOU SIMBEL- \ Nubia.
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