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Egyptian Obelisks
Henry Honychurch Gorringe (American, 1841 – 1885)
Photographer: Edward Bierstadt (American (born in Germany), 1824–1906)
Photographer: Edward Bierstadt (American (born in Germany), 1824–1906)
1882
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book; letterpress with various illustrations
Credit Line
Gift of Charles W. Millard III
Accession Number1986.472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description(New York: Published by the author, 1882); 187 pp., publisher's pebbled blue cloth, with gilt stamping of Egyptian pylons and obelisks; 32 Artotypes (collotypes) by Harroun and E. Bierstadt, 18 photo-engravings, and a chromolithograph, as well as numerous typemetal diagrams.
ProvenancePrivate collection; gift to the MFA September 1986.