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1899.l.15(7)
- Record Id:
- 040-003233960
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003233953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026869721.0x000180
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1899.l.15(7)
- Title:
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The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative.
Genre: Architectural Photography
General view, looking across the sands towards the step-pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, with the small, ruinous Userkaf Pyramid in the foreground. With two figures reclining on the sand on the near foreground: 'The view comprises the Pyramid of Steps, and another pyramid to the north-east of it. Both are admirably presented, the regular masonry of the one contrasting with the rubble of the other. The distance of the larger of the structures, the dazzling sunlight, and as strong shade on both, the undulations of the shifting sand, with here and there a mummy-pit, into which an unwary passer-by may easily fall, bring back to the mind every characteristic of this striking view. The lesser features are not wanting to render it complete: there, in the foreground, is a human skull, and a little beyond it the skull of a sacred bull...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003233953
040-003233960 - Is part of:
- 1899.l.15 : Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: a series of twenty photographic views by Francis Frith ... With descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald…
1899.l.15(7) : The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003233953[0007]/040-003233960
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1899.l.15
- 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:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 395 mm x 494 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Deserts
Djoser, Step Pyramid of (Saqqarah)
Land
Pyramids
Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments - Places:
- Saqqara, Al Jīzah, Aswan, Aswān, Egypt, Africa, Middle East