Francis Bedford
Gizeh - The Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren

Gizeh - The Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren

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Gizeh - The Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren
ArtistEnglish, 1815–1894
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Gizeh - The Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren
Date1862
Place depictedGiza, Egypt
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage/Sheet:9 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (23.2 × 28.6 cm)
 Mount: 18 1/2 × 23 5/16 in. (47 × 59.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.259
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRobert Hershkowitz, Ltd.
Mill House
Pynings, Sussex England
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed, lower left of the photograph "CHIZEH[underlined] Mar 5/62"
verso lower left in pencil reading vertically "53[circled]"


bottom right on image "13 - FBedford"
printed bottom right corner of mount "Bedford's Photographs of the Tour in the East of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales / GIZEH-THE PYRAMIDS OF CHEOPS AND CHEFPHREN-NO.13 / Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, London, W.C."
verso bottom left corner a circular sticker inscribed in pencil "76"

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