Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac

Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac

Photograph

Francis Frith

Maker
English, 1822–1898

Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac

Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids


1857
Albumen silver print
Image: 9 1/8 × 6 3/16 in. (23.1 × 15.7 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (44.4 × 31.7 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1338.0030
Inscriptions Inscribed in negative on recto, BRC: Frith E no 52 1857
Printed on mount on recto, BC: OBELISK AND LOTUS COLUMN, \ Karnac
Inscribed in pencil on recto (in Boyer's hand), BR: A Dated Negative 1857.
Inscribed in pencil on recto, TRC: 29
Inscribed in pencil on verso (in Boyer's hand), BRC: Dated 1857
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