Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Negretti and Zambra
Title:
[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 Manuscripts
Flat D 10
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.

Title and date of publication supplied by cataloger.

Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

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:
Ramses II, King of Egypt -- Monuments. | Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) | Great Temple (Abū Sunbul, Egypt) | Egypt -- Antiquities
Form/Genre:
Cased photographs. | Daguerreotypes (photographs) | Stereoscopic photographs. | Photographs.