Close-up view of a Sphinx with the Great Pyramid and the pyramid of Khafre in the background, Giza, Egypt

People:

James Robertson (photographer)
Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

Close-up view of a Sphinx with the Great Pyramid and the pyramid of Khafre in the background, Giza, Egypt

Date:

1856 or 1857

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 26.6 x 31.3 cm secondary support: 36.6 x 52.1 cm

Reference number:

Ph1987:1084:083

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Mount of Photograph PH1987:1084:083 is torn at the lower left and upper right corners.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "37" and with title

Location:

Giza; Egypt;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

figure (representation)
statue
pyramids

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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