Title(s)

Gezicht op de Sfinx van Gizeh en de Piramide van Chefren

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1589-9

Inscriptions / marks

• annotation: ‘Pyramids: Ghizeh, Egypt’

Artist

• Francis Frith
• Frank Mason Good

Place

Gizeh

Dating

c. 1870 - in or before 1875

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 102 mm × width 158 mm

What

• pyramid (historical grave form)
• sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa)

Where

• Piramiden van Gizeh
• Sfinx van Gizeh

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The photographic gallery of scripture illustration (RP-F-2001-7-1589)