Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the north, looking towards the southern half of the outer pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor. The entrance is flanked by the two massive, half-buried images of Rameses II, with the surviving obel...
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along a portion of the exterior of the colonnade of Amenhotep III in the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor, looking northwards towards the temple pylon in the background: 'The columns, of which ...
Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith --- 1857' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the granite obelisk, with the base of the lotus column in the left foreground, in the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 'Around is a perfect chaos of splendid ruin, amongst which I...
Pillars in the Great Hall, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the outer face of columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak. 'This picture represents a few of the pillars of the Hall of Columns, at Karnac. I have taken advantage of the dilap...
The broken obelisk, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 46 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the fallen obelisk, with a European and two Arab figures posed in the foreground and the standing obelisk beyond. The Great Hypostyle Hall of the temple can be seen in the background: 'Here is...
Exterior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'E. No. 59 1857 Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a portion of the Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 'It is easier, methinks, to write an article for the most insignificant of my subjects than for Karnac: it is perfectl...
The Granite Pylon, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view, looking upwards towards one of the pylons on the north-south axis of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, flanked on either side by headless statues.
The Court of Shishak, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 68 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the first court of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, looking eastwards towards the second pylon, with the hypostyle hall and obelisk beyond. In the foreground, among the remains of fallen col...
Interior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking between two rows of columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak. The accompanying text makes it clear that this view was taken during Frith's second visit to Karnak.
'The Lanka cave of Ellora'. Plate 1 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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'The Lanka cave of Ellora'. Plate 1 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)