Obelisk and Granite Lotus Column, Karnac

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
Medium: Albumen print, pl. 27 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 23.7 × 14.5 cm (9 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Album page: 42.6 × 29.4 cm (16 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Photography Gallery Fund
Accession no.: 1959.613.27

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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