Hall of Columns in the Temple of Karnak

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Hall of Columns in the Temple of Karnak

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Francis Frith

Photographer · 1822–1898

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Before turning his attention to photography around 1850, Francis Frith was apprenticed to a cutlery firm and worked as a wholesale grocer. With a partner he opened the Frith & Hayward photography studio in Liverpool. In 1856 Frith made an extended trip to Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel. He photographed along the entire way, using three different cameras: a stereoscopic one a

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Date
1856–1857
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
c374df45-1646-4fbf-aefc-aee91d18ed7b

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A close view of a colonnade within the ruins of a temple. The columns support a stone entablature and are carved with hieroglyphs.

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  • Karnak Temple — Luxor, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Hall of Columns in the Temple of Karnak”
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