Karnak: The Court of Sheshonq I

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 numberF91-51/24

Signedon plate, lower left: Frit E. no 68 .... year runs of plate

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DescriptionView of much rubble on ground, large standing column at right, part of building with much surface decoration visible, what appears to have been an entrance with roof portions missing at center to left. In foreground are the remains of two fallen columns with a man and a llama(?) in the middle, showing the vast scale of the fallen stones and rocks.

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