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Subject Sphinxes

1. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(68)
Title:
Karnak (Thèbes). Sphinx à tête humaine et à tête de bélier, en Y. [Sphinxes with human and ram's heads, taken at point Y. (on plan), Karnak, Thebes]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of two sphinx sculptures, taken at a point a little to the south-east of the main avenue leading to the tenth pylon.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(130)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(130)
Title:
Séboûah. Vue générale du temple [General view of the temple, el-Sebua]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south-east, looking along the avenue of sphinxes in the court, with two standing colossi in the foreground, towards the inner (third) pylon of the Temple of Amun and Re-Horakhty. The temple at this date lay under a considerable covering of sand, a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

3. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(131)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(131)
Title:
Séboûah. Temple — Colosse et Sphinx de la partie gauche de l'avenue [Colossus and sphinx from the left side of the temple avenue, el-Sebua]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of sphinx and standing colossus, also seen on the left in plate 130, in the Temple of Amun and Re-Horakhty.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

4. 1261.d.30, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1261.d.30, 1(11)
Title:
Égypte Moyenne. Le Sphynx vu de face. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view (from the east) of the Great Sphinx at Giza, with the pyramids in the background. Flaubert records visiting the Pyramids and the Sphinx with Du Camp (and in a later letter noting the 'excellent photograph that Max has taken' of the latter) on 7 Dece...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
7 Dec 1849
Extent:
1 item

5. 1899.l.15(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(17)
Title:
The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of the Sphinx at Giza, with the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) beyond: 'The two most famous Egyptian monuments are the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. The one is distinguished as the most giga...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. 10028.g.5(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(10)
Title:
The Sphinx and Great Pyramid. Photographer: Good, Frank Mason
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative: 'F. M. Good.' Genre: Archaeological Photography General view from the south-east, with the Sphinx in the foreground and the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) beyond. With accompanying letterpress by G. Shrewsbury: '...There they stand, strange monuments of a race l...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

7. 10076.g.1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.g.1(5)
Title:
Gizeh. The Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and two of the smaller pyramids. Photographer: Bedford, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking northwards towards the Pyramid of Cheops, with the smaller Pyramids of the Queens to the right, and the Sphinx dominating the left foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

8. 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

9. Photo 667/3(467)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(467)
Title:
Sphinx. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography The Great Sphinx of Giza.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1936-Feb 1936
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 667/4(239)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(239)
Title:
Karnak. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1943
Extent:
1 item