Philae

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

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

Date1857

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/16 × 9 inches (15.4 × 22.86 cm)

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

Object numberF91-51/47

SignedOn plate, lower left of center: Frith E no 23 1857

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DescriptionForeground filled with rubble and remains of stone and bricks. Partial row of fluted columns runs from center left towards right. Colonade disappears behind remains of stone building part of which is intact, that starts center and runs to background where it ends in incised decorated wall with one small square window.

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