P1985.30.5: The Temple of Chaffra, the Sphinx and Two Pyramids
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1985.30.5
- People
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Félix Bonfils, French (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) 1831 - 1885 Alès (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France))
- Title
- The Temple of Chaffra, the Sphinx and Two Pyramids
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: Temple de Chaffre, le sphynx et les deux grandes pyramides
Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt - Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph, album page
- Date
- c. 1875
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/101140
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Albumen silver print mounted on fabric affixed to album page.
- Technique
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
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image: 22.5 x 27.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.)
mount: 26 x 31 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: Ink inscription on white paper "An under passage to the entombed bodies of the most holy - Yes, I went in - a difficult taks, as the excation sometimes demanded that even my short stature should bend nearly double."
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- P1985.30.5
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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