The Memnonium or Rameseiom, Thebes
1852–55, printed 1854–56
Medium
Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 6 7/8 in. × 9 in. (17.5 × 22.9 cm) Mount: 12 in. × 15 3/8 in. (30.5 × 39.1 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, 2015
Accession Number
2015.777.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, where *The Memnonium or Reiom, Thebes* (1852–55, printed 1854–56) the majestic ruins of ancient Egypt's Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramesses II in Thebes (modern Luxor Photographed by J. Hogarth and Robert Murray during a pioneering era of travel photography, this image immortalizes colossal stone architecture amid desert sands, showcasing fallen columns and hieroglyph-covered walls that evoke the grandeur of the New Kingdom pharaohs. Created as an albumen silver print from a waxed paper negative—a refined calotype technique popula...
About the Artist
J. Hogarth|Robert Murray ( |British) · |1822 – |1893
|British, Edinburgh 1822–1893 Plymouth