In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
As more photographers shot the same monuments,depictions became formulaic.Numerous photographers produced almost identical images,as demonstrated in these two views of the Colossi of Memnon. Shot from different sides but about the same distance, both images employ an angled view and use Egyptian servants and guides as local color and indexes of scale. Captions and artists’ signatures were often written in reverse on the negatives so that they would automatically become part of each print. Sometimes, as in the Beato image, the artist or his assistant was care less.
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Antonio Beato (British, c. 1825–1903) — The Colossi of Memno
Félix Teynard|Imprimerie Photographique de H. de Fonteny et 
Francis Frith — The Statues of Memnon. Plain of Thebes
Francis Frith — The Statues of Memnon. Plain of Thebes
Abdullah Frères (Turkish, 1858–1899) — Les cariatides du Ram
Félix Teynard|Imprimerie Photographique de H. de Fonteny et 
Antonio Beato — Temple a Denderah
Emile Béchard — Thèbes, Temple de Ramasseum, Colosses brisés
Robert Murray (British, 1822–1893) — Temple of Abu Simbel
Francis Frith — The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes
Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894) — Southern Portion of the
Antonio Beato (British, c. 1825–1903) — Temple of Dendera
