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Francis Frith

The Statues of the Plain, Thebes, 1858

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

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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.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.84

Artists / Makers

Francis Frith (artist) British, 1822 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

on mount, lower center printed in black ink: THE STATUES OF THE PLAIN. / Thebes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

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.

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