Underwood & Underwood
Colossal Remnants of the "Sun" Temple-the grandest of antiquity -Baalbek, Syria.

PublisherAmerican, active 1882–1940s
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Colossal Remnants of the "Sun" Temple-the grandest of antiquity -Baalbek, Syria.
Datec. 1900
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver stereograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (8.3 × 7.8 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2004.1222.19
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Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on the left edge of the mount:
"Underwood & Underwood. Publishers / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas"

Printed on the right edge of the mount:
"Works and Sun Sculpture Trademark (within a sunburst logo) Studios / Washington, D.C. Arlington, N.J. Littleton N.H."

Numbered and titled lower right:
"(96) Colossal Remnants of the "Sun" Temple-the grandest of antiquity / -Baalbek, Syria. Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood."

Title printed on verso in multiple languages.

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