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Francis Frith
Pyramids Of El-Geezeh (from the Southwest)circa 1857, printed circa 1865

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Black and white photograph of three pyramids at Giza seen from the desert plain, with two seated figures and a horse in the foreground
Albumen print of the three Pyramids of Giza receding into the distance across a desert landscape, with two seated figures and a standing animal in the rocky foreground.

Francis Frith, Pyramids Of El-Geezeh (from the Southwest), circa 1857, printed circa 1865, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Francis Frith
Title
Pyramids Of El-Geezeh (from the Southwest)
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
circa 1857, printed circa 1865
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 1/16 × 19 3/16 in. (38.26 × 48.74 cm) Primary support: 15 1/16 × 19 3/16 in. (38.26 × 48.74 cm) Secondary support: 21 1/16 × 29 7/16 in. (53.5 × 74.77 cm) Mat: 24 × 30 in. (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.853
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.

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