Object Details
- Place
- Egypt
- Topic
- Works of art
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- Stephen Grant postcards
- Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Sphinx
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
- Date
- c. 1910
- Container
- Binder 16
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4305
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Processing Information
- Title created by archives staff; typed description on verso
- Item Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Scope and Contents
- THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE; The Great Sphinx, Egypt.--This picture represents the[,] great Gizeh, or great Sphinx, being one of a group of[,] Sphinx that are supposed to be tombs and monuments of[,] the great kings of Egypt. This particular Sphinx is 188[,] feet in length, and is hewn out of a natural eminence in[,] the solid rock. Steps lead down to the front of this won-[,]derful monument, where are sanctuaries and tablets of[,] very ancient dates. At one time they were most imposing[,] monuments, but centuries of change have made a desert of[,] a once wonderful place, and the Sphinx are partly sub-[,]merged in sand.; FOR ADDRESS ONLY; POST CARD .
- Series Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1681130406280-1681130515944-1
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