Mount Serbal, from the Wádee Feyrán, Egypt

1858

Francis Frith

Associated Names
Francis Frith

Artist, British, 1822 - 1898

The image depicts a rocky terrain with a mountain range in the distance. A tree with sprawling branches is in the foreground, surrounded by stony ground, small bushes, and rock formations leading towards the mountains. The color palette is monochromatic, with various shades of sepia and earthy browns. The play of light and shadow highlights the textural qualities of the elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary B. Sokol

  • Dimensions

    image: 39.37 × 48.26 cm (15 1/2 × 19 in.)
    mount: 53.34 × 73 cm (21 × 28 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.108.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Gary Sokol, San Francisco, 1997; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed on mount below image, center, in black ink: MOUNT SERBAL, / From the Wadee Feyran; by unknown hand, bottom center of mount in graphite: FF.0216.Z; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right corner in graphite: TW1365

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