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Subject Pyramids

51. Photo 1225/1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1225/1(49)
Title:
B.C. and the camels at Sakkâra [Sakkâra - The Fayūm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1906
Extent:
1 item

52. Wf1/4620(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(11)
Title:
Gezzeh, the Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the Sphinx at Giza from the east, with the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra) beyond: 'The view, although taken from the point at which it is most difficult to gain the true expression of the face, is eminently su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

53. Wf1/4620(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(12)
Title:
Geezeh, the Great Pyramid, from the plain. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 159' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking across the sands toward the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), with figures posed among the group of trees in the foreground: 'The point from which this view is taken is distant not much les...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

54. Wf1/4620(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(13)
Title:
Gezzeh, the Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 153' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857.' on mount. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra): 'This is, perhaps, the most beautiful of the views of the Pyramids in this series. The distance and size of the chief mo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

55. Wf1/4620(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(14)
Title:
Geezeh, rock-tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 72' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the south face of the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu (also known as Belzoni's Pyramid), with figures grouped near the entrance to the rock-cut tombs in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

56. Wf1/4620(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(15)
Title:
Southern brick pyramid of Dahshoor, from the west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 155' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857.' on mount beneath print. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the ruinous brick Pyramid of Amenamhat III, a 'tower-like heap rising from a mound of fragments.' With figures posed in the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

57. Wf1/4620(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(16)
Title:
Southern stone pyramid of Dahshoor, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 160' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the southern, 'bent,' Pyramid of Sneferu, at Dahshur, known as such because of the very apparent change of angle between the upper and lower parts of the structure. With fig...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

58. Wf1/4624(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(11)
Title:
The Great Pyramid, and the Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking towards the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) at Giza, with the Sphinx in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

59. Wf1/4624(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(12)
Title:
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the three Great Pyramids at Giza: the Pyrmaid of Menkaura on the left, Chephren (Khafra) in the centre and Cheops (Khufu) on the right.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

60. Wf1/4624(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(13)
Title:
The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 185' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the step-pyramid of Djoser, with a smaller, rubble-built Pyramid of Userkaf in the foreground (to the north-east). Frith's text draws attention to the human skull lying on the sand in the fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item