Egyptian Mirage Egyptian Mirage
19th-century "studio" photographs of Egypt
Based on the collection in the Archive of the Griffith Institute, Oxford
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Site: Abu Simbel Frith, F.
[Included in an album labelled Historical Photographs. Egypt. Frith's Universal Series, folio i, in Sackler Library, Oxford, 327 Fri la fol.]], Abu Simbel (1856-60
[The dates of Frith's visits to Egypt.]) (Enlarged image size=51Kb)
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Description: The small temple. The façade with colossal standing statues of Ramesses II and Queen Nerfertari.
Photographer: Frith, F. [Included in an album labelled Historical Photographs. Egypt. Frith's Universal Series, folio i, in Sackler Library, Oxford, 327 Fri la fol.]]
Date: 1856-60 [The dates of Frith's visits to Egypt.]
Signature & Caption: [no signature] [no caption]
Technical 
description
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21 by 15.9 cm [On the mount: J.R.G. and 1797.]
Griffith Institute Archive reference: Gr. Inst. 6198
Scan: gi06198.jpg
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Egyptian Mirage
Concept & Direction: Jaromir Malek
Web page & Database design: Jonathan Moffett
Cataloguing: Elizabeth Miles and Jaromir Malek
Scanning: Kent Rawlinson
Editing: Elizabeth Miles, Kent Rawlinson, Jaromir Malek