| RCS/Y30214A-C/Y30214A contains: |
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| 19 |
Pharaoh's Bed, Island of Philae |
| 20 |
The town and lake of Tiberias, from the north |
| 21 |
Hall of columns, Karnac |
| 22 |
Damascus |
| 23 |
The great pillars, etc, Baalbec [Ba`labakk] |
| 24 |
Ruined mosque near Philae |
| 25 |
Sculptured gateway, etc, Karnac |
| 26 |
View at Girgeh [Jirja], Upper Egypt |
| 27 |
Obelisk and granite Lotus Column, Karnac |
| 28 |
City wall and mosque of Omar, etc, Jerusalem |
| 29 |
The statue of Memnon, Plain of Thebes |
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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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