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Wf1/4625(20)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302709
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302708
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x001598
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4625(20)
- Title:
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Osiridae pillars and Fallen Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes [frontispiece]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative.
Genre: Archaeological Photography
View of two of the Osirid pillars of the second court of the Ramesseum at Thebes, with massive fragments of sculpture to the right: 'The largest, and probably the most beautiful colossal statue ever produced, was erected by this monarch [Rameses II] at the Memnonium (more correctly called the Rameseum), at Thebes. My photograph gives the principal fragment of this statue as it now lies, and as it has in all probability lain since the time of the Persian conquest. This fragment (the size of which should be compared with the living figures grouped around it) is merely the head and shoulders of the figure, which was of one single block of syenite granite, and is computed to have weighed about 900 tons ...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302708
040-003302709 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4625 : Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids. By Francis Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4625(20) : Osiridae pillars and Fallen Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes [frontispiece]. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302708[0001]/040-003302709
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wf1/4625
- 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: 151 mm x 225 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Art
Columns
Ramesseum (Thebes)
Religious Buildings
Sculpture
Temples - Places:
- Thebes, Qena, Qinā, Egypt, Africa, Middle East