Portion of the Great Hall of Columns at Karnac.
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Photograph
London Stereoscopic Company
British
Portion of the Great Hall of Columns at Karnac.
From Views in Egypt and Nubia.
ca. 1859
Albumen silver print
6.5 x 7.0 cm. (each); on 8.3 x 17.1 cm. mount
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
Inscriptions mount recto-(blindstamp) "The London Stereoscopic Company"
recto-(in image) "Frith 373"
mount verso-(printed) "Views in Egypt and Nubia. Portions of the Great
Hall of Columns at Karnac. It is impossible to do any degree of
justice to this subject in a photographic view. The hall contains 120
of these enormous columns, all, with a very few exceptions, being
still perfect..."
(applied label) "C.T. Amsler, Optician, 635 Chestnut St., Phila."
recto-(in image) "Frith 373"
mount verso-(printed) "Views in Egypt and Nubia. Portions of the Great
Hall of Columns at Karnac. It is impossible to do any degree of
justice to this subject in a photographic view. The hall contains 120
of these enormous columns, all, with a very few exceptions, being
still perfect..."
(applied label) "C.T. Amsler, Optician, 635 Chestnut St., Phila."
