Description
This desolate view of the remnants of the monumental gateway flanked by figures of the god Horus, usually depicted as a falcon-headed man, emphasizes the sense of discovery that must have been felt by tourists visiting Egypt in the 1860s. A tiny figure at the lower right testifies to the monumental scale of the ruins.
Provenance
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY (May 2011); Tom E. Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM (2011-2018); the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 4, 2018)
Accession Number
2018.252
Medium
Albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
Image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Credit Line
Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
