P2003.4: The Pyramids of Sakkarah from the North East

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2003.4

People

Francis Frith, British (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England 1822 - 1898 Reigate, England)

Title

The Pyramids of Sakkarah from the North East

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1857

Places

Creation Place: Africa

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/173030

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Albumen silver print

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 38.8 x 48.5 cm (15 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
mount: 53.6 x 73.7 cm (21 1/8 x 29 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Inscribed on negative in BR corner: Frith. 1858
• inscription: yes, recto, bottom right below image, pre-printed mount: Frith Photo. 1857
• inscription: recto, bottom center of mount, pre-printed mount: THE PYRAMIDS OF SAKKARAH From the North East
• inscription: recto, bottom right of image, inscribed in negative: Frith 1858

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Daniel Tassel

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

P2003.4

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005
• Around Antique: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (Teaching Gallery) S421, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/14/2010 - 09/04/2010
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/10/2015 - 03/10/2016

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project
• Collection Highlights

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