P2003.4: The Pyramids of Sakkarah from the North East
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P2003.4
- People
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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
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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
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- 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, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art 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
Verification Level
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