Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
No Image

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.98.45
People
Henry Carrington Bolton, American (1843-1903)
Title
Unconformable sandstone, south of Jebel Nagous
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Photographic Memoranda of a Journey in the Peninsula of Mt. Sinai (Volume II)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
March 1889-April 1889
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Egypt, Northern Egypt
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178437

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen print mounted to board in an album
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 11.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.)
album: 26.1 x 22 x 3.5 cm (10 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
mount: 21.7 x 25 cm (8 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: album page, lower center, black ink, in artist's hand: Unconformable Sandstone, south of
    Jebel Nagous.
  • inscription: album page, lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: 321

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dorothy A. Heath, Boston, Massachusetts, unknown, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dorothy A. Heath in honor of Deborah M. Kao
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
P1999.98.45
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Related Works

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu