Inscriptions on the eastern wall, Edfu, Egypt
Artist
John Beasley Greene
(American, born France, 1832 - 1856)
Date1854-1855
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 7/8 inches (23.34 × 30.15 cm)
Mount: 18 9/16 × 24 3/16 inches (47.14 × 61.44 cm)
Mount: 18 9/16 × 24 3/16 inches (47.14 × 61.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.51
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left corner, in pencil: "B13";
On mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "Avant la signature!";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "125 EDFOU / pl.25";
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "E1102/979 x4 / Lot 120"'
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "A / I25".
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DescriptionImage of Egyptian figures standing sideways in between columns of hieroglyphic writing carved in low relief into stone wall. Near the top of the wall there are a number of small holes or losses in the stone.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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