The Sphinx, Egypt
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Measurements
89 x 178.5 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520678.20
Summary
A monochrome albumen stereograph print showing the Sphinx in Egypt infront of which there is a camel being held by a a man with a folded umbrella over his arm. On the camel is a second man wearing a suit and hat. The print is mounted on stiff grey card with rounded corners, The images are arched and have square bottoms. Recto In the left margin printed in italic black ink Excelsior Stereographic Tours. M. E. Wright Publisher In the righthand margin in italic black ink Excelsior Stereographic Tours Hollingreave Road. Burnley In the right bottom margin The Sphinx, Egypt. Copyrighted M. E. Wright Verso - blank
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986