Dendera: Sculptured Relief

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 1/4 × 8 3/8 inches (15.88 × 21.27 cm)

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

Object numberF91-51/23

Signedon plate, lower left, angled top to bottom: Frith Eno 13 1857

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DescriptionRows of incised relief figures alternated with Egyptian hieroglyphics. Center row has three seated figures facing left (from left) then a standing figure facing right, then two more seated figures left, then standing figure facing right, then seated figure facing left, at right.

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