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Francis Frith - The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx

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Francis Frith - The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx

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Francis Frith..1858..Accession no. PGP R 175.16.Medium Albumen print.Size 38.50 x 49.50 cm.Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985. PGP R 175.7 ) .

National Galleries of Scotland looks after one of the world's finest collections of Western art ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. These holdings include the National Collection of Scottish art which we are proud to display in an international context. Scotland’s privileged position in the history of modernity lends it a rich photographic tradition. From the beginnings of the medium small groups of scientists and gentlemen amateurs explored its technical and artistic potential. One such group formed around the optical scientist, Sir David Brewster, at St. Andrews, and professional studios – including the partnership of Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill – were established in Edinburgh from 1843. From the mid 1850s, technological change helped drive a dramatic expansion of photography, with large commercial operations established by the Valentine family in Dundee and George Washington Wilson in Aberdeen.

Egypt pyramids complex consists of Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu and constructed c. 2560–2540 BC), the smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters farther south-west, and the Great Sphinx that lies on the east side of the complex..

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Ibn Sofian, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram, Giza Governorate, Egypt29.97529, 31.13920
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