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Egypt: View in the Island of Philae
Egypt: View in the Island of Philae

Egypt: View in the Island of Philae

Francis Frith (English, 1822–1898)
1856-1860
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.3866
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
InscriptionsVerso, printed: "330. Views in Egypt and Nubia. View in the Island of Philae . . . "ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 15, 2016)