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| 9 |
Bethlehem, with the church of the Nativity |
| 10 |
Sculptures from the outer wall, Dendera |
| 11 |
View from Philae, looking north |
| 12 |
Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor |
| 13 |
Nablous, the ancient Shechem |
| 14 |
Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia |
| 15 |
Abou Simbel, Nubia |
| 16 |
Baalbec [Ba`labakk], from the south |
| 17 |
Osiride Pillars and great fallen Colossus, the Memnonium, Thebes |
| 18 |
View at Hebron |
| 19 |
Pharaoh's Bed, Island of Philae |
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Albums by Francis Frith
| Title |
Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia |
| Reference |
Y30214A/14 |
| Creator |
Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1857 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges. |
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| Content and context |
217 x 151 mm. A view showing the two scarred colossi with their guardian sphinxes in the desert at Wady Saboua, near Korosko. Frith supplies a conventionally romantic remark on their desolation: 'The reader will conjecture that the desolate figures which form my picture are the two statues which terminated the dromos, and some of the mutilated bodies of the androsphynxes. The pylon of the temple is rude, and very much dilapidated; and it appeared to me that these figures were most impressive, standing alone, as I have represented them, amidst the sultry stillness of the desert, whose remorselessness sand-waves are gradually stealing round, engulfing them.' |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| Nubia |
| Frith, Francis (1822-1898) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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