Karnak: Obelisk

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

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

Date1857

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 × 6 1/8 inches (23.81 × 15.56 cm)

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

Object numberF91-51/29

Signedon plate, lower right: Frith E. No52 1857

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DescriptionLarge obelisk, center, rises to top of photograph has hieroglyphs up center of each of two visible sides. There are partial walls, some stone, some brick, some like the one, front left, have incised figure designs others are plain.

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