Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple

Currently not on view

Karnak Temple,

ca. 1860–70

Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, German, ca. 1830–1869
1995-135

Information

Title
Karnak Temple
Dates

ca. 1860–70

Maker
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
31 x 23.5 cm. (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Object Number
1995-135
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt, Luxor

Inscription
Signed in negative, lower right corner: W. Hammerschmidt N48. Inscribed in pen in unknown hand, recto upper right corner: 76. Inscribed in pen in unknown hand, verso center: 76. Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso along bottom: Tempel de Karnak Tempel a Karnak/ grandes colomnes du mil [illegible].
Culture
German
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
architecture genres, obelisks, rock (inorganic material), cobblestone, ruins, earth

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