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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1985.30.80
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (view through hypostyle hall to obeslisk, Temple of Karnak, Egypt)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt
Former Title: Untitled (view of colonnade and obelisk with donkey and two figures in foreground at Karnak)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
c. 1880
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/101536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print mounted on fabric affixed to album page.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
26 × 20.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
mount: 27.3 × 21.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
album page: 33 × 24.8 cm (13 × 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: Ink inscription on white paper "And again -- ruins at Karnak"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
P1985.30.80
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/27/2023 - 05/28/2024

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