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Wf1/4622(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302658
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302650
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x001565
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4622(8)
- Title:
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Pharoah's Bed, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 27' in the negative.
Genre: Archaeological Photography
View from the riverbank, looking in a south-easterly direction towards the Kiosk of Trajan, the hypaethral temple more commonly known in the 19th century as Pharoah's Bed, with a boat moored at the riverside in the left foreground: 'I flatter myself, too, somewhat upon the quality of my Photograph — light transparent shadows, sweet half-tones, oh discriminating public! It is true that the temple outdoes the Tower of Babel, not only 'reaching unto the heavens,' but robbing the picture of well-nigh all its sky — that feature so essential to the picturesque in landscape. But what could I do? I must give that scrap of water, and the Nile boat (a favourite anchorage for trevellers' dahibiehs, this nook), and I could not falsify the height of the bank, as I see most artists have done, to suit the proportions of my picture...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302650
040-003302658 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4622 : Upper Egypt and Ethiopia. By F. Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4622(8) : Pharoah's Bed, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302650[0008]/040-003302658
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wf1/4622
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- c 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- E.27
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Boats
Kiosk of Trajan (Philae)
Religious Buildings
Temples
Transportation
Vessels
Water transport - Places:
- Philae, Aswan, Aswān, Egypt, Africa, Middle East