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Francis Frith

Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes

1857
Albumen print, pl. 17 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)
16.1 × 22.8 cm (6.3 × 9 in)

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