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1786.b.33, 1(32)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228096
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228064
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x00108d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1786.b.33, 1(32)
- Title:
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Luxor. (Obelisk.) Photographer: Douglas, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Archaeological Photography
View of the west face of the obelisk, which stands in front of the seated colossi of Ramses II (the eastern figure of the pair is visible to the right), before the pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef: 'Nothing, however, exists in Egypt more perfect than this Obelisk. Its four faces are covered with a profusion of well arranged and deeply cut hieroglyphics; and it is rermarkable that each face is slightly grooved, the object being to throw out the hieroglyphs more distinctly than if the rays of the sun fell on a flat surface. Its fellow now stands in the Place de la Concorde, Paris...Where it stood it was in keeping with all around it, where it now stands it appears like a stranger in a foreign land. Unfortunately most of the Obelisks of Egypt have shared the same fate, having been carried away to uncongenial climates by conquerors, who were actuated by much the same motives as those who erected them, but guided by far worse taste...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228064
040-003228096 - Is part of:
- 1786.b.33, 1 : Photographic views taken in Egypt, by James Douglas M.D. and James Douglas Jnr. [authors' names inserted by hand] during the…
1786.b.33, 1(32) : Luxor. (Obelisk.) Photographer: Douglas, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228064[0032]/040-003228096
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1786.b.33, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Albumen Print From Waxed Paper Negative
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1860-1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 212 mm x 273 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Douglas, James, engineer and businessman, 1837-1918
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
Inscriptions
Monuments and Memorials
Obelisks
Reading and Writing
Religious Buildings
Temple of Amun-Kamutef (Luxor)
Temples