
Francis Frith
The Broken Obelisk, Karnac
1857
Documenting the fragmentary remains of pharaonic grandeur, this albumen print captures both the monumental scale and ultimate fragility of ancient Egyptian civilization. Frith's precise photographic technique preserves archaeological details that would prove invaluable to later scholars.
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- Albumen print, pl. 33 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume II" (1858/60)
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