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Egypt: Rock Tombs, under the Great Pyramid at Geezeh

Francis Frith (English, 1822–1898)
1856-1860

Medium/Technique Stereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit Line Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.3874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPhotography
ClassificationsPhotographsStereographs

Signed In left negative, ll: Frith 375
InscriptionsVerso, printed: "375. Views in Egypt and Nubia. Rock Tombs, under the Great Pyramid at Geezeh . . . "
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 15, 2016)