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Cairo. Pyramids and Sphynx - A black and white photo of a sphinx and pyramids

Cairo. Pyramids and Sphynx - A black and white photo of a sphinx and p...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 161. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sphinx, Egypt - Frank G. Carpenter collection

The Sphinx, Egypt - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title from caption card and item. Caption on mount: "The head of the Sphinx would fill a large school room." LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Egyptian views. General view of Temple of Hathor. Karnak. Near view of sphinxes in front of 1st pylon

Egyptian views. General view of Temple of Hathor. Karnak. Near view of...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

The Sphinx, Egypt - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The Sphinx, Egypt - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

H106350 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 45. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant and people in a river

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant and people in a r...

Italian print published on the occasion of Napoleon's coming to power in France, November 9, 1799, following his successful campaign in Egypt. Image depicts France as a giant sphinx wearing the cap of Liberty a... More

The professor and the Sphynx - Public domain banknote scan

The professor and the Sphynx - Public domain banknote scan

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Detroit news timely topics.  Removing sands from the Sphinx

The Detroit news timely topics. Removing sands from the Sphinx

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Great Sphinx and ruins of temple, Egypt

Great Sphinx and ruins of temple, Egypt

D24036 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

Egypt or A daughter of the Nile

Egypt or A daughter of the Nile

S2373 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Effie Ellsler. Copyrighted 1887 by W.J. Morgan & Co. Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Wady Saboua - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Wady Saboua - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Two statues and three sphinxes in the desert near the Sabou River. No. 1801. On verso: Colossi & Sphinxs.

Pyramides de Chéops et de Cheffren, le sphynx, et la temple de Cheffren / Bonfils.

Pyramides de Chéops et de Cheffren, le sphynx, et la temple de Cheffre...

Pyramids of Cheops and Cheffreu, the Sphinx and the temples of Cheffreu. No. 105.

The sphynx at the War Office - Political cartoon, public domain image

The sphynx at the War Office - Political cartoon, public domain image

Soldier and civilian looking at sphynx with face of Ulysses S. Grant with cigar in mouth, with the soldier saying, "That's a grand thing" and the civilian saying, "Yes, rathering imposing; but what does it mean... More

The Sphinx, William Henry Jackson photograph

The Sphinx, William Henry Jackson photograph

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More

U.S.S. Raleigh, sailors at the pyramids

U.S.S. Raleigh, sailors at the pyramids

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

The sphinx and the candidates / Keppler.

The sphinx and the candidates / Keppler.

Illustration shows Charles Evans "Hughes" as a sphinx labeled "Senate" and "Assembly" in a desert at night with a donkey and an elephant standing in the foreground, and several presidential candidates on the le... More

Master mystifier, Houdini the greatest necromancer of the age - perhaps of all times--The literary digest.

Master mystifier, Houdini the greatest necromancer of the age - perhap...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of ... More

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Pyramids and Sphinx, lantern slide

Pyramids and Sphinx, lantern slide

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

The marvelous Sphinx and Second Pyramid, showing part of the original covering, Gizeh, Egypt

The marvelous Sphinx and Second Pyramid, showing part of the original ...

Four robed men, two astride camels, in foreground. H108015 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1123.

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant in the middle of a river

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant in the middle of ...

Italian print published on the occasion of Napoleon's coming to power in France, November 9, 1799, following his successful campaign in Egypt. Image depicts France as a giant sphinx wearing the cap of Liberty a... More

[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of sphinxes, cherubs, and open book with crossed trumpets, and decorated initial M showing stormy sea]

[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of s...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three women and a man in western attire, seated on camels, several local men stand before the camels holding the reins, a pyramid and the sphinx in background]

[Three women and a man in western attire, seated on camels, several lo...

Title devised by library staff. on verso mount: ?Democh family of D.C. or ?Francis G. Childs family of D.C.

Francis Frith - Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia / Frith 1857.

Francis Frith - Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia / Frith 1857.

View of the remains of two colossuses and sphinx that may have stood at the head of a walkway. Signed, dated, and numbered on glass plate. Published in: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia / Francis Frith. London : Willia... More

Close view of back of head of the Great Sphinx, Gizeh, Egypt

Close view of back of head of the Great Sphinx, Gizeh, Egypt

J287200 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8605. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Le Sphynx et les pyramides de Cheffren et Mycérinus / Bonfils.

Le Sphynx et les pyramides de Cheffren et Mycérinus / Bonfils.

Men and camels atop the paw of the Sphinx, two pyramids in background. No. 1439.

The riddle of the Sphinx / Keppler.

The riddle of the Sphinx / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan on his knees appealing to a sphinx with the face of former president Grover Cleveland. Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1232 (1900 October 17), cover. Copyright 1900 by Kep... More

Egypt--the second pyramid and sphinx

Egypt--the second pyramid and sphinx

No. 57. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sphinx, Egypt - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The Sphinx, Egypt - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

1118C2-1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1258. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Séboûah - vue générale du temple / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard.

Séboûah - vue générale du temple / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard.

General view of temple showing colossuses and sphinx in the foreground and pylons in the background at Es-Sebua, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'ar... More

Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis) - sphinx et pyramides / Félix Teynard.

Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis) - sphinx et pyramides / Félix Teynard.

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Chephren at Jīzah, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie,... More

[The Sphinx] / Bonfils. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

[The Sphinx] / Bonfils. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 119. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy s... More

Egyptian views; Karnak. Avenue of sphinxes in front of 1st pylon

Egyptian views; Karnak. Avenue of sphinxes in front of 1st pylon

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

The Great Sphinx, the marvel of the ages, Egypt

The Great Sphinx, the marvel of the ages, Egypt

Two tourists on camels, led by natives, sphinx in background. 44905-BB1 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - sphinx a tête humaine et a tête de bélier, en Y / Félix Teynard.

Karnak (Thèbes) - sphinx a tête humaine et a tête de bélier, en Y / Fé...

Sphinxes with a human head and a ram's head at "point Y" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Pari... More

Cairo. The Sphynx - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Cairo. The Sphynx - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 158. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The sphinx of the period / Keppler.

The sphinx of the period / Keppler.

Print shows Puck standing on wooden scaffolding in front of the bow of a huge new battleship in drydock with a large sphinx on the deck between the big guns. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1103, (1898 April 27),... More

The Sphinx, pyramid, and temple of Khufu, Egypt

The Sphinx, pyramid, and temple of Khufu, Egypt

H117608 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7453. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sphinx, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

[Couple on camels in front of the Sphinx and pyramid of Jizah, Egypt]

[Couple on camels in front of the Sphinx and pyramid of Jizah, Egypt]

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Political Guide" and riding on a camel being led by Puck through the "City of Silence", past several silent sphinxes labeled "Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, ... More

How tourists travel in the Nile

How tourists travel in the Nile

Two men on camels and two Egyptians in front of the Sphinx, with pyramids in background, Giza, Egypt. Same photograph appears as a stereograph published by Underwood & Underwood, copyrighted 1896. Gift; Underwo... More

Looking down from the Great Pyramid upon the Sphinx and the desert, Egypt

Looking down from the Great Pyramid upon the Sphinx and the desert, Eg...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Le Sphynx apres les déblaiements et les deux grandes pyramides / Bonfils.

Le Sphynx apres les déblaiements et les deux grandes pyramides / Bonfi...

Three men, one with camel, on paw of the Sphinx, two pyramids in background. No. 172.

Egypt or A daughter of the Nile

Egypt or A daughter of the Nile

S2373 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Effie Ellsler. Copyrighted 1887 by W.J. Morgan & Co. Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Morocco Temple, 219 Newnan Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Significance: Designed in 1910 by M.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of Egyptian Revival detailing and Wrightian massing unique in hi... More

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's sphinx

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's sphinx

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Great Sphinx, lantern slide

The Great Sphinx, lantern slide

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-120. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More

The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.

The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. Signed: By an Old Master, Th. Nast. 1898. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

Le Sphynx apres les déblaiements et les deux grandes pyramides / Bonfils.

Le Sphynx apres les déblaiements et les deux grandes pyramides / Bonfi...

Three men, one with camel, on paw of the Sphinx, two pyramids in background. No. 172.

The Sphinx and pyramid at Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt

The Sphinx and pyramid at Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt

Man on camel and man on donkey, in front of Sphinx and the Great Pyramid. H76157 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 9830.

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, California. Lower garden, exedra at terminus of walkway]

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...

Site History. House Architecture: Italianate mission style house by Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead, built by Christopher Tornoe and expanded by E. Russell Ray in 1911 for George Owen Knapp. Landscape: Francis Towns... More

Schoenhofen Tomb, North Clark Street and West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Schoenhofen Tomb, North Clark Street and West Irving Park Road, Chicag...

Significance: Peter Schoenhofen was a Prussian immigrant who came to Chicago at the age of 27. In 1861 he partnered with Matthias Gottfried to operate a brewery at 18th Street and Canalport. The Gottfried Brewi... More

Kairo, Temple du Sphinx view, photochrome print postcard.

Kairo, Temple du Sphinx view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Egypt. Cairo. The Sphinx Temple and the Grand Pyramid." Print no. "2144. P.Z." Purchase; Marc W... More

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's Sphinx

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's Sphinx

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's Sphinx

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's Sphinx

Tomb inscription: Jacob Bigelow .... "40" on label on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011953. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Schoenhofen Tomb, North Clark Street and West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Schoenhofen Tomb, North Clark Street and West Irving Park Road, Chicag...

Significance: Peter Schoenhofen was a Prussian immigrant who came to Chicago at the age of 27. In 1861 he partnered with Matthias Gottfried to operate a brewery at 18th Street and Canalport. The Gottfried Brewi... More

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's sphinx

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Milmore's sphinx

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). On statue: Jacob Bigelow statuit et dedicavit. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011954. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Séboûah - temple - colosse et sphinx de la partie gauche de l'avenue / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard phot.

Séboûah - temple - colosse et sphinx de la partie gauche de l'avenue /...

General view of colossus and sphinx on the left side of the avenue approaching the temple at Es-Sebua, Egypt.

The political sphynx i.e. sphinx

The political sphynx i.e. sphinx

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Ruins of the granite temple, the Sphynx and Great Pyramid (Kheops), Egypt

Ruins of the granite temple, the Sphynx and Great Pyramid (Kheops), Eg...

H25708 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The political sphynx [i.e. sphinx]

The political sphynx [i.e. sphinx]

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

The Detroit news timely topics. Removing sands from the Sphinx

The Detroit news timely topics. Removing sands from the Sphinx

Photograph of a photographic print by "Keystone View." Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2996. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Egypt. Karnak. Row of Sphinxes in front of 1st pylon

Egypt. Karnak. Row of Sphinxes in front of 1st pylon

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description