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The Sphinx, Egypt – Antique Wall Art

The Sphinx, Egypt, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph
The Sphinx, Egypt, [between 1890 and 1923]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Carved from the limestone bedrock of the Giza plateau, the Sphinx combines a lion's body with a human head, and this view shows it as travelers of the period saw it, with sand drifted high around its body. The picture comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, assembled by the American travel writer Frank G. Carpenter, whose newspaper letters and lectures brought images of distant countries to readers at home. Most scholars attribute the monument to the reign of Khafre, around 2500 B.C., which makes it one of the oldest large sculptures still standing.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,179 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107888

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