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[Sphinx]
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt and Friderik Meissnerabout 1860–1869
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of the Great Sphinx of Giza, partially covered by sand to its shoulders, with the pyramids partially visible in the background
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Details
- Title: [Sphinx]
- Creator: Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, Friderik Meissner
- Date Created: about 1860–1869
- Location Created: Giza, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 18.1 × 25.2 cm (7 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2007.26.206.74
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
- Creator Display Name: Wilhelm Hammerschmidt (German, born Prussia, died 1869) Friderik Meissner (German, active in MIddle East, about 1864 - 1870s)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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