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The Broken Obelisk, Karnak
The Broken Obelisk, Karnak
The Broken Obelisk, Karnak

The Broken Obelisk, Karnak

Artist (English, 1822 - 1898)
Date1857
Mediumalbumen print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.9 cm)
Support: 12 × 17 in. (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Mat: 12 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (31.8 × 44.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineJane Reese Williams Collection, Gift of Jane Reese Williams, 1996
Object number1996.68.58
DescriptionView of the broken obelisk with stone ruins in the background. A donkey and three men can be seen standing in front of the Obelisk.
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