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1781.b.39, 8(23)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227541
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e64
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 8(23)
- Title:
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The southern brick pyramid of Dahshoor, from the west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 155.'
Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking across the sands towards the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, with figures posed in the foreground: 'The Southern Brick Pyramid we have already described. Seen from the west it presents no fresh features: it is the same tower-like heap rising from a mound of fragments: on all sides of its base extends the same desert, strewn with fine sand in ever-changing undulations. Beyond, on either hand, is the beautiful valley whose fields are marked by a dark strip; above are seen the thick groves of palms which here extend parallel to the river. The river is beyond these groves, and beyond it another tract of cultivation, above which rises the eastern chain...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227541
040-003227543 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 8 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 8(23) : The southern brick pyramid of Dahshoor, from the west. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227541[0002]/040-003227543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 8
- 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 233 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 155
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Deserts
Land
Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Dahshur)
Pyramids
Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments