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Great Sphinx (Egypt)

Ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture

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Images referencing Great Sphinx (Egypt)

8 images from works
  • William Gladstone about to hit with a hammer the statue of Disraeli as a sphinx; pyramids in the background. Engraving, ca. 1878.
  • Pythagoras. Line engraving by J. Dambrun, 1799, after S. Maréchal.
  • The Great Sphinx. Watercolour by H. Stanier.
  • Pythagoras. Line engraving by J. Dambrun, 1799, after S. Maréchal.
  • The Sphinx and the Pyramids. Watercolour by A.O. Lamplough, 1919.
  • The Sphinx and the Pyramids. Watercolour by A.O. Lamplough, 1919.
  • The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Photograph by Francis Frith, 1858.
  • Egypt: the pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx. Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1870.

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    The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Photograph by Francis Frith, 1858.

    Frith, Francis. | Date: 1858 | Reference: 568216i
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    Egypt: the pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx. Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1870.

    Werner, Karl Friedrich Heinrich, 1808-1894. | Date: [1878] | Reference: 40357i
    Part of: Carl Werner's Nile-sketches, painted from nature during his travels through Egypt. Facsimiles of water-color-paintings executed by Gustav W. Seitz, with accompanying text by Dr A. E. Brehm and Dr Johannes Dümichen
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    Pythagoras. Line engraving by J. Dambrun, 1799, after S. Maréchal.

    | Date: 1799 | Reference: 8006i
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    The Sphinx and the Pyramids. Watercolour by A.O. Lamplough, 1919.

    Lamplough, A. O. (Augustus O.) | Date: 1919 | Reference: 45056i
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    William Gladstone about to hit with a hammer the statue of Disraeli as a sphinx; pyramids in the background. Engraving, ca. 1878.

    | Date: [1878] | Reference: 568643i
    Part of: Victorian album of political satires.

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