Temple of Abu Simbel

Inscriptions

Written in black ink on mount: "163" Written in pencil on mount: "5x" Written in black on mount: "Temple of Aboo Simbel, Nubia" Written in pencil on verso of mount: "RMACDP 299B" Inscribed in black ink on label: "Photographed by R.Murray: Published by J. Hogarth, 5, Haymarket, London"

Quick Overview

Artist: Robert Murray (British, 1822–1893)
Date: 1856
Medium: salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions: Image: 18.2 x 23.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Mounted: 30.4 x 39 cm (11 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Paper: 18.2 x 23.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Accession no.: 2009.351

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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