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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000027

Page Title: Sphinx

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.

Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 26)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Description: Scrapbook page including a photograph of a three-quarter view of the Sphinx in Egypt, with a pyramid in the background, and is annotated with quotes and information about the Sphinx.

Subjects: Egypt travel photography Abū al-Hawl Sphinxes

Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm

Annotations: "Older than the Pyramids, older than history, the monster lies couchant like a watch dog, looking ever to the east, as if for some dawn that has not yet risen"Amelia B. Edwards "On sait par une stèle du musée de Boulaq [now Gizeh] que le Grand Sphinx est anterieur au Roi Cheops de la IV Dynastie"- P. Pierret "At one time it was supposed to be a monument of the reign of Thothemes IV. [18th Dynasty] but it is now known to have been in existence prior to the time of Cheops." Mariette. Monuments of Egypt p.70. Egyptian"Hu" Sun on Horizon 190 ft long. 65 ft high. The face was originally red and covered with polished stone. Its beard is now in the British Museum London

Language: English and French, photograph has French title

Rights: No known restrictions.

Coverage: Egypt

Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.

Format: Scrapbooks

Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints

BPL Department: Print Department

Photo 1: Photographer: G. Lékégian & Cie.

Title: Sphinx de Ghizeh N 12

Date: ca. 1865-1895


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  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library BPL
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December 21, 1892—March 8, 1893

  • Flickr upload date: 2008-05-01 17:11:57
Source Flickr: Sphinx
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William Vaughn Tupper

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