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1485R

Francis Frith

Chesterfield 1822 – 1898 Reigate

Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857

3 Vintages. Albumen prints. Each approx. 15,8 × 22,2 cm (6 ¼ × 8 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.
This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Francis Frith. Sphinx / The Great Piramid, From the Plain / The Second Piramid, From the Plain. Each 1857.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,500

Sold for:

1,905 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 760

Sunday, 29.03.2026, 6:00 PM

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Information

3 Vintages. Albumen prints. Each approx. 15,8 × 22,2 cm (6 ¼ × 8 ¾ in.). Each in the negative lower right signed and numbered: „Frith 154", „Frith 159" and „Frith 152". Each laid down on original cardboard (31,5 x 43,8 cm), thereupon lower right imprinted name of the photographer and dated: „Frith Photo 1857" as well as imprinted title lower centre. 1 original cardboard numbered in pencil by unknown hand. [2034]

Condition Report: In very good condition. Slightly satin finish paper. Sphinx: No visible defects / The Great Pyramid: Matte wiping in the right margin, visible only in raking light. Original cardboard with slight foxing / The Second Pyramid: Isolated minimal finger spots and minuscule glue residues in the edge, perceptible only in raking light

Private Collection, Switzerland

Francis Frith: Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine. Supplementary volume. London 1862, pl. 11 (there: The Great Pyramid from the Plain) / Alfred Grimm: Ägypten. Die photographische Entdeckung im 19th Jahrhundert. Munich 1980, p. 38 (there titled: Giza, Pyramide des Königs Cheops), p. 40 (there titled: Giza, Sphinx), p. 42 (there titled: Giza, Pyramide des Königs Chephrên) / Douglas R. Nickel: Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine. Princetown 2004, p. 117, pl. 48 and pl. 49 (each there dated: 1858-59)

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