The Statues of the Plain, Thebes
1858
Artist, British, 1822 - 1898

Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 36.8 × 47.3 cm (14 1/2 × 18 5/8 in.)
mount: 53.8 × 73.8 cm (21 3/16 × 29 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1995.36.84
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.
1995
The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
Bibliography
1976
Lloyd, Valerie. Photography: The First Eighty Years. Exh. cat. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1976: 170.
1993
Excursions Along the Nile: The Photographic Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Exh. cat. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Santa Barbara, California, 1993, pl.43.
Inscriptions
on mount, lower center printed in black ink: THE STATUES OF THE PLAIN. / Thebes
Wikidata ID
Q64147630