Luxor: The Entrance

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

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

Date1857

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (21.91 × 15.88 cm)

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

Object numberF91-51/30

Signedon plate, lower left: Frith

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DescriptionAt left, large obelisk with heiroglyphs. At right, lt. half of entrance visible, large shaft or light falls through entrance across paper from right to left. Single figure stands in shaft of light, looking tiny, against obelisk, and across from two partial colossi figures marking entrance.

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