Cleopatra’s Temple at Erment, near Thebes

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

Publisher James S. Virtue (English, 1829 - 1892)

Date1957

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 8 13/16 inches (15.88 × 22.38 cm)

Credit LineGift of Margaret Hall in memory of Alfred E. Miller

Object numberF91-51/41

SignedOn plate, lower right: Frith E No 41 1857

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DescriptionHatted figure seated on pile of rubble, left, small bricked arched doorway to building lower right. Center area shows remains of larger structure, four fluted columns on right, one fluted column at center, two fluted columns at left.

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