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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
ClassificationsPhotographs – Stereographs
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)