The Broken Obelisk, Karnac

The Broken Obelisk, Karnac

Photograph

Francis Frith

Maker
English, 1822–1898

The Broken Obelisk, Karnac

Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids


1857
Albumen silver print
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 1/8 in. (15.7 × 23.2 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (31.7 × 44.4 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1338.0032
Inscriptions Inscribed in negative on recto, BRC: Frith E no. 46 \ 1857
Printed on mount on recto, BC: THE BROKEN OBELISK, KARNAC.
Inscribed in pencil on recto, BRC: 31
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