Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.

The Approach to the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt

Artist Frank Mason Good (British, 1839 - 1928)

CultureBritish

Date1860s

MediumAlbumen print

Dimensions6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (15.9 x 21 cm)
Overall, Frame: 17 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (44.5 × 54.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs

Object number2001.31.14

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DescriptionThis is an albumen print from a wet collodion negative on its original mount. It shows two pyramids in a rocky landscape; the focus is the closest pyramid which is centered in the top half of the print.

Exhibition HistoryLarge scale derivative included in the exhibition "To Live Forever," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, October 9, 2009-January 3, 2010; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 6-September 12, 2010. "The Allure of Ancient Egypt," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, June 18 - August 17, 2013.