The Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and two lesser Pyramids, Ghizeh, Egypt

Institution

Royal Collection Trust

Object description:

The Prince and his companions visited the pyramids on camels, which the Prince described as ‘not at all an unpleasant mode of conveyance’. They viewed the Sphinx just before sunset and decided to set up an encampment below the pyramids where they slept for the night in order to climb the Great Pyramid before sunrise the following day. The photograph is signed, captioned and dated in the negative, 'F Bedford Pyramids Gizeh'. The number in the Day & Son series is 14.

Object/Work type:

photographs

Cultural Heritage type:

Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

London - United Kingdom

Object measurements:

23.1 x 29.5 cm (image)

Production

Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

Date: 4 March 1862

Place: Egypt; Giza

Material/Technique: Albumen print

Provenance

King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) (Acquirer)

Material/Technique: [None]

Subject/theme:

Great Pyramid of Giza [Giza], Sphinx [Giza], Arabian Camels, Royal visits & tours-Middle East 1862, Royal visits & tours-Middle East 1862, Egypt; Pyramids of Giza

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Royal Collection Trust