Koum Ombo, Upper Egypt
- Description
- 1 photograph
- Albumen
- Creator
- Frith, Francis
- Date
- 1857-04
- Collection
- Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 21.8 x 14 cm ( 8.5 x 5.5 in).
- Notes
- Two people stand near the ruins of a temple. Short squat columns hold up an architrave that is covered in hieroglyphics.
- The title, location, date (1857) and photographer's name are printed on the matte. A one-page description of the subject is on the following page.
- Condition: Good
- Lazard wrote to see photo no. 49 in the book on Frith.
- Provenance
- Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection ; Sotheby's (London) ; 1989 April 14
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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