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1781.b.39, 3(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227523
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227521
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e50
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 3(8)
- Title:
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The Pyramids of Dahshoor. From the east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 156.'
Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking across the sands towards the Pyramids of Amenemhat III, with the south (bent) Pyramid of Sneferu beyond: 'In this view the principal object is the Southern Brick Pyramid of Dahshoor. It is a picturesque mass, of very irregular form, rising out of a mound made by its own ruins. The peasants have quarried it for building materials, and given it the rugged shape it now wears. We can scarcely regret their barbarism, which has varied the aspecty of what must have long been a mere rounded Pyramid, and produced these admirable contrasts of light and shade, and of rough and smooth surface...To the right is seen the huge formof the Southern Stone Pyramid, clear and sharp in outline, and on this side but little ruined. Between the two chief objects the upper part of the Northern Brick Pyramid rises over the undulating plain of sand. In the earliest times, when the Pyramids were perfect, their appearance must have been far less picturesque, from the want of variety in their form and colour...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227521
040-003227523 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 3 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 3(8) : The Pyramids of Dahshoor. From the east. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227521[0002]/040-003227523
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 164 mm x 228 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 156
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Pyramid of Sneferu (Dahshur)
Pyramids
Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments