
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006429The Sphynx and Great Pyramid
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, on image, lower left, in black ink: "Frith. E. No. 71 1857"; printed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in black ink: "Frith. Photo. 1857."; printed recto, on mount, lower center, below image, in black ink: "THE SPHYNX AND GREAT PYRAMID / Geezeh."; inscribed recto, on mount, lower left, sideways, in graphite: "Plate 1"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "27"; stamped and inscribed verso, on mount, along right edge, sideways, in black ink: "WITHBRAWN [stamped] 9358 [inscribed]"; inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, upside-down, in graphite: "10 [illegible] 14 g. Prof. [illegible] F. Gurley"
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francis Frith / English, 1822–1898
- Date
- 1857, printed 1862
- Medium
- Albumen print, from the album "Egypt, Palestine, Nubia" (1862)
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 16.2 × 23.1 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.); Mount, approx: 30.5 × 43.4 cm (12 1/16 × 17 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- albumen silver print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- England
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Unknown
- Accession no.
- 1971.961
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