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Wf1/4622(16)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302666
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302650
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x00156d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4622(16)
- Title:
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Antiquities upon the Island of Biggeh, near Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 33' in the negative.
Genre: Archaeological Photography
General view of ruins and modern dwellings, among the boulder-strewn landscape of the island of Biga, near Philae: 'Most travellers climb to the edge of the rocks overhanging the village (vide photograph); and I imagine that few are willing soon to relinquish the view which is obtained from thence [of Philae] ... It will be observed that a small Arab village clusters around the two antique columns in the centre of the picture ... As for your artist, his clearest recollections are of a luxurious and effective field-day hereaway, for he rigged up his photographic tent in the small boat, and was pulled about by shiny black Nubians from dawn till dusk, just landing and knocking off a view wherever and whenever the fancy struck him. Ah, brother Photographers! with a sky like that, and such subjects, and a bottle of splendid pale — not ale — but, collodion, you can only imagine the glory of such a day. In the centre of my view are the ruins of a temple, which Sir G. Wilkinson says was dedicated to Athor, apparently commenced by Euergetes I. (B.C. 246) and completed by Ptolemy the Elder, son of Auletes, by Augustus, and by others of the Caesars...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302650
040-003302666 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4622 : Upper Egypt and Ethiopia. By F. Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4622(16) : Antiquities upon the Island of Biggeh, near Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302650[0016]/040-003302666
- 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 230 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- E.33
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Religious Buildings
Settlements
Temples
Villages - Places:
- Biga Island, Aswan, Aswān, Egypt, Africa, Middle East