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Subject Pyramids

31. 10095.g.34(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(4)
Title:
The Great Pyramids and head of Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south-east, looking towards the Sphinx, with the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Pyramids of the Queens beyond: 'In the foreground of this picture are some new excavations which have laid bare certain ancient galleries cut in the living rock and...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

32. 10480.ee.10(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
10480.ee.10(17)
Title:
The Pyramid of Cholula, west side as Humboldt saw it in about 1803. (Photographed from his plate). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Between pp. 156-57. Photographic copy of Humboldt's illustration.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

33. 14000.k.4(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
14000.k.4(23)
Title:
Grande Pyramide, à Izamal. Photographer: Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Distant view of the pyramid, with houses of the modern village in the foreground. The view looks across the square in front of the Franciscan monastery. Print 24 is a continuation of this view to the right, taken from the same location.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

34. 14000.k.4(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
14000.k.4(24)
Title:
Place et Seconde Pyramide, à Izamal. Photographer: Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the overgrown mound of the pyramid, with one of the arcades of the Franciscan monastery looking onto the open square in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

35. 14000.k.4(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
14000.k.4(32)
Title:
Ancien temple, à Chichen-Itza. Appelé Le Chateau. Photographer: Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the base of the steep overgrown Pyramid of Kukulkan, commonly known as the Castle (El Castillo)looking up towards the temple building on the summit.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

36. 14000.k.4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
14000.k.4(35)
Title:
Maison du Nain, à Uxmal. Photographer: Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the heavily-overgrown pyramid temple, known variously as the Pyramid of the Dwarf, the Dwarf's House, the Pyramid of the Magician and the Adivino.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

37. 14000.k.4(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
14000.k.4(38)
Title:
Palais des Nonnes, à Uxmal. Façade dite Égyptienne. Photographer: Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the so-called 'Egyptian' façade of the eastern range of the palace complex known as the 'Nunnery' or Nun's Palace at Uxmal, with the Pyramid of the Magician or Dwarf's House rising behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

38. L.15.c.6(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.15.c.6(3)
Title:
A pyramid of unburnt bricks. Dashur, Valley of the Nile. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Frith 155.' Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the pyramid, with figures seated in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

39. Maps 8.d.11(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.d.11(75)
Title:
Pyramid of Caius Cestus, Rome. Photographer: Sommer, Giorgio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Pyramid of Cestius.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865-1870
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 667/3(464)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(464)
Title:
Pyramids. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography The Pyramid of Khafre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1936-Feb 1936
Extent:
1 item