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Abu Simbel

Artist John Beasley Greene (American, born France, 1832 - 1856)
Dateca. 1854-1856
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 inches (23.02 × 30.48 cm)
Mount: 15 5/8 × 22 3/16 inches (39.69 × 56.36 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.336
SignedOn image recto, lower right, in negative: "J.B. Greene"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn image recto, lower left corner, in negative: [illeg.]; On mount recto, lower left corner, in pencil: "G26".
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DescriptionImage of Egyptian relief figures carved into stone; a sloping rocky landscape appears in the foreground.Exhibition History

Exploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography.  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.

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