Posing for Pictures on the Great Pyramid at Giza

Zangaki Greek, active 1860-1889

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About the Artwork

Posing for Pictures on the Great Pyramid at Giza

between 1860 and 1900

Zangaki

active 1860-1889

Greek

Unknown

Albumen print

Image: 10 7/8 × 8 3/8 inches (27.6 × 21.3 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Dorothy and Eugene Prakapas

F1989.14

Copyright not assessed, please contact [email protected].

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Signed, in the negative, lower left: Zangaki

Inscribed, in the negative, lower right: No. 389 L'Ascent de la grande Pyramid

Provenance

Dorothy and Eugene Prakapas

1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Zangaki, Posing for Pictures on the Great Pyramid at Giza, between 1860 and 1900, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dorothy and Eugene Prakapas, F1989.14.

Posing for Pictures on the Great Pyramid at Giza
Posing for Pictures on the Great Pyramid at Giza