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10028.g.5(10)

Record Id:

040-003235066

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003235056

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026869721.0x0005d1

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

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 long passed away! Built in the infancy of science, they now overlook the highest results of human invention. The desert at their feet is crossed by the railroad and the telegraph, and the waters of old Nile are broken by the paddle-stroke of the steamboat. Our picture is proof that the majesty of their hoary state has been invaded by the photographer's camera — the wonder-working chamber of the youngest but most marvellous of the sciences. What greater wonders will they see ere they crumble quite away?'

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003235056
040-003235066

Is part of:

10028.g.5 : Treasure spots of the world. A selection of the chief beauties and wonders of nature and art. Edited by Walter B. Woodbury.…

10028.g.5(10) : The Sphinx and Great Pyramid. Photographer: Good, Frank Mason

Hierarchy:

032-003235056[0010]/040-003235066

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Photomechanical Print
Woodburytype

Start Date:

1865

End Date:

1875

Date Range:

1865-1875

Era:

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