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Maker(s):G. Lekegian & Co.
Culture:Ottoman (active 1880s-1890s)
Title:The Sphinx of Giza, No. 15
Date Made:ca. 1887
Type:Photograph
Materials:albumen print mounted on paperboard
Place Made:Egypt
Measurements:mount: 14 in x 10 7/8 in; 35.6 cm x 27.6 cm; image: 9 in x 6 7/8 in; 22.9 cm x 17.5 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1999.23.1.13
Credit Line:Transfered from Hillyer Art Library
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Frontal view of the Sphinx with several men standing below left side; Sphinx de Gizeh, No. 15, Gabriel Lekegian, three figures (one possibly a woman in black, veiled) in Egyptian dress pose in front of the Sphinx at Giza. Left side of Sphinx sill mostly buried in sand, while right claw exposed and visible; Pyramids in distance, 19th Century, photography, Egypt, tourist photography

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