Philae: Pharoah's Bed

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 x 8 15/16 inches (15.88 x 22.7 cm)

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

Object numberF91-51/45

SignedOn plate, lower left: Frith

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DescriptionForeground filled with rubble, and remains of long, low wall made out of large stones. Center area filled with rubble from brick structures. Left background has remains of low building with tops of two fluted columns visible. Right building fairly intact, low walled, four fluted columns on both shorter walls, five on longer wall. Trees and mountains visible behind these buildings.

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