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Maker(s):Sebah, Pascal
Culture:Turkish (1823-1886)
Title:No. 137, The Colossi of Memnon at Thebes, Egypt
Date Made:19th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:albumen print mounted on paperboard
Place Made:Egypt
Measurements:mount: 11 in x 14 in; 27.9 cm x 35.6 cm; image: 8 1/8 in x 10 3/8 in; 20.6 cm x 26.4 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1999.23.1.26
Credit Line:Transfered from Hillyer Art Library
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Two large seated figurative statues. Group of men and donkeys at the feet of the statue on the right.; Original French Title: "No. 137, Colosses de Memnon a Thebes"; At base of left (North?) statue, one man with donkey and goats; Two massive statues of Pharoah Amenhotep III of Egypt, in seated position, with hands resting on knees, gaze facing East; quartzite sandstone; Northern statue reconstructed by Roman Empire; originally built to guard Pharoah's Memorial Temple in Thebes

Subjects:
Paperboard; Photography--Printing processes--Albumen

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