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Francis Frith — Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes
Francis Frith

Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes

1857

Frith's archaeological photograph transforms the fallen colossus into a meditation on imperial decay, using the wet collodion process to achieve extraordinary detail in this early example of travel photography.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Francis Frith, Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes, 1857

Frith's archaeological photograph transforms the fallen colossus into a meditation on imperial decay, using the wet collodion process to achieve extraordinary detail in this early example of travel photography.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Photography, Statue, Albumen Print, Sepia Tone, Documentary, Egypt, Landscape, Historical, Ancient Ruins, British, Architecture, Sepia Tones

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art