Francis Frith & Co.
Columns, Pharaoh's Bed

Columns, Pharaoh's Bed

Public Domain

ArtistBritish, founded 1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Columns, Pharaoh's Bed
Datec. 1855–1860
Place depictedPhilae, Egypt
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in. (20.4 x 16.4 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.4 cm)
 Mount: 14 15/16 x 12 in. (38 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLanahan in honor of Edward B. Mayo
Object number88.233
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 22, 1996 thru March 29, 1997

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto of mount bottom left in pencil "Columns, Pharaohs Bed / 1894 Philae"
top left "380h"
verso of mount bottom right in pencil "14.88-88"
verso of mount bottom right a printed label "FRITH'S / PHOTO-PICTURES / THE / UNIVERSAL SERIES"

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