Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes — Francis Frith

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Artist: Francis Frith
Date: 1857
Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Photography
Culture: England, 19th century
Credit line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund

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