Giza, the Sphinx
Production date
May 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows the Sphinx and pyramids at Giza, Egypt. Three men and two donkeys are are posing for the photograph. The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written under the photograph: Mac & I at the Pyramids of Cleops (sic). The man in the middle would be a local guide. Leo is on the left, Mac on the right.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Production date
May 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 44 x 65mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19151
Other number(s)
19151, 91649
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