Obelisk at Heliopolis

Wihelm Hammerschmidt

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Wihelm Hammerschmidt (German, died 1869). Obelisk at Heliopolis, mid–19th century. Albumen silver print, image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.7 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Matthew Dontzin, 85.305.35. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Obelisk at Heliopolis

Date

mid–19th century

Medium

Albumen silver print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.7 x 26 cm)

Signatures

Signed in dark script on lower right

Inscriptions

Inscribed in pencil on verso: "Obelisk at site of Heliopolis"; "12"

Credit Line

Gift of Matthew Dontzin

Accession Number

85.305.35

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