Abou Simbel, Nubia

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Abou Simbel, Nubia

Francis Frith

Date
1857
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Object type
Photograph
Classification
Photographs
Object number
66.640.2.32
Credit line
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1966

Artist information

British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 1822–1898 Cannes, France

Subjects and terms

  • Ruins
  • Sculpture
  • Temples

The Met object ID 271099. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.