Abydos colonnade du Memnonium
- Title:
- Abydos colonnade du Memnonium
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Zangaki
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1880
- ID Number:
- RMA01165_b18_f14_001
- Collection Number:
- 13-1-1165
- File Name:
- RMA01165_b18_f14_001.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Tourism
landscape
scenery
commercial landscape photography
Egypt - Measurement:
- 25.4 x 20.3 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Looking down a tall colonnade with massive stone columns on the right and a wall on the left. Sun lights the columns from overhead and to the left, and some hieroglyphics are carved into the columns. Two men in long robes and Kufi caps are standing about a third of the way down the colonnade, they are dwarfed by the columns in both height and width.
- Notes:
- Unmounted albumen print.
One of a number of travel views from Egypt in this collection. - Cite As:
- Daniel Willard Fiske papers, #13-1-1165. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Daniel Willard Fiske Papers
- Box:
- 18
- Folder:
- 14
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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