Negretti and Zambra, [Colossi of Abu Simbel in the Egyptian Court at the Crystal Palace exhibtion, Sydenham], [not before 1854]
- Title(s):
- [Colossi of Abu Simbel in the Egyptian Court at the Crystal Palace exhibtion, Sydenham]
- Published/Created:
- London : H. Negretti & Zambra, [not before 1854]
- Physical Description:
- 1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype, within a double-windowed mat, mounted on glass ; mount 9 x 17 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFlat D 10Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/15904445
- Classification:
- Photographs
- Notes:
- The verso of the mount bears a printed label on pink paper, with two coin logos: "Photographers to the Crystal Palace Company. H. Negretti & Zambra. Meteorological instrument makers, and opticians, no. 11, Hatton Garden, London." The firm was appointed as Photographers to the Crystal Palace Company in 1854.
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The image shows a reproduction of the seated colossi of Ramses II at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel (Abū Sunbul), Egypt. The reproduction was part of the Egyptian Court at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. - Subject Terms:
- Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England)Egypt -- AntiquitiesGreat Temple (Abū Sunbul, Egypt)Ramses II, King of Egypt -- Monuments.
- Form/Genre:
- Cased photographs.
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Stereoscopic photographs.
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