The Statues of Memnon

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Francis Frith / English, 1822–1898
Date: 1857, printed 1862
Medium: Albumen print, No. 56 from the album "Egypt, Palestine and Nubia" (1862)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 16.5 × 23.2 cm (6 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.); Mount: 31.6 × 43.4 cm (12 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: albumen silver print
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Unknown
Accession no.: 1971.944

Portrait, Turkish Summer Costume
Francis Frith
1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000191
Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes
Francis Frith
1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000349
Distant View of the Cedars of Lebanon
Francis Frith
ca. 1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00000553
Cedars of Lebanon
Francis Frith
ca. 1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00000554