Skip to main contentAlbumen print - The Sphinx and the Pyramid of Menkaure (3rd pyramid), Gizeh, Egypt, ca. 1865 | McCord Museum Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
Albumen print
The Sphinx and the Pyramid of Menkaure (3rd pyramid), Gizeh, Egypt, ca. 1865
Photographer
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
SignatureL. l. scratched on original negative, W Hammerschmidt
InscriptionsPencil on secondary support, 32
Date
About 1865
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Albumen process
Dimensions23.7 x 31.5 cm
Object NumberM2010.89.1.59
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Airlie Ogilvie
Status
Not on viewInformation about the objects in our collection is updated to reflect new research findings. If you have any information to share regarding this object, please email reference.mccord@mccord-stewart.ca.Information about rights and reproductions is available here.
Cairo, seen from the Sultan Hassan Mosque, pyramids in the background, Egypt, ca. 1865
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
About 1865
M2010.89.1.32
Saladin Citadel and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha, seen from the Tombs, Cairo, Egypt, ca. 1865
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
About 1865
M2010.89.1.26
Gateway of Ptolemy III, south entrance to Temple of Khonsu, Karnak, Egypt, ca. 1865
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
About 1865
M2010.89.1.28
Temple of Isis and Philae Islands, Aswan, Egypt, ca. 1865
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
About 1865
M2010.89.1.52
Miss Olive Hosmer on camel at pyramids, Egypt, about 1900
Inconnu / Unknown
About 1900
MP-1987.2.5
Pyramids of crutches, Ste- Anne-de-Beaupré church, QC, about 1895
Wm. Notman & Son
About 1895
VIEW-3246
This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.