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Assouan

Assouan

(English, 1822–1898)
1857
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print
DimensionsImage: 15.9 × 22.9 cm (6 1/4 × 9 in.)
Mount: 31.9 × 44 cm (12 9/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Charles Millard
Accession number2018.181
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsOn mount, l.r. below image: Frith. Photo. 1857; l.c. :ASSOUAN; below that to right: Upper Egypt Verso, upper right in graphite: Ackley $150
Provenance1974, sold by The 831 Gallery, Birmingham, MI, to Clifford S. Ackley, Boston [see note]; 2018, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1974 by The 831 Gallery (loan no. L-TL 17,427.1); on September 18, 1974, transferred to Clifford Ackley (same loan no.)