Images(2)

Obelisks at Karnak (Thebes) [Egypt]

Photographer Nathan Flint Baker (American, 1820–1891)

Photographer Leavitt Hunt (American, 1830–1907)

Date1851-1852

Mediumgelatin silver print from calotype wax paper negative

DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 7 3/16 in. (22.2 × 18.3 cm)
Part (album page): 9 3/4 × 13 3/8 in. (24.8 × 33.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

DepartmentPhotography

Credit LineFotoFocus Art Purchase Fund and Gift of Frederick Rock

Accession Number2013.251.25

On View

Not on Display

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