The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, Geezeh

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Francis Frith / English, 1822–1898
Date: 1857
Medium: Albumen print, pl. 2 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 15.7 × 23 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 29.5 × 42.8 cm (11 5/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Photography Gallery Fund
Accession no.: 1959.613.2

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Francis Frith
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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Francis Frith
ca. 1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Francis Frith
ca. 1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00000554