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1781.b.39, 5(14)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e58
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 5(14)
- Title:
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The Second Pyramid, from the south-east [Giza]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 153.'
Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with the remains of the mortuary temple in front: 'The view excellently illustrates our endeavour to describe the tract of the Pyramids. It is taken from near the entrance of the ravine which bounds the tongue of rock on the south. To the left is the ridge which juts out into this depression. Before us is the northern edge of the ravine, partly covered with drifting sand. The most marked elevation is a nearby isolated little hill, excavated as a quarry, and crowned by the remains of a small Pyramid...Beyond this hill is seen on either side a further ridge, with the entrances of sepulchral grottoes, then a sand-slope, and, crowning all, the Second Pyramid...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227529
040-003227531 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 5 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 5(14) : The Second Pyramid, from the south-east [Giza]. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227529[0002]/040-003227531
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 5
- 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: 147 mm x 228 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 153
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Pyramid of Chephren (Giza)
Pyramids
Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments