About the Artwork
The Grand Sphinx
1898
Benjamin West Kilburn
1827-1909
American
Unknown
Albumen stereo print mounted on light orange card
Sheet (card): 3 1/2 × 7 inches (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of James Crawford
1992.354
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Markings
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Printed, left margin, vertically: James M. Davis | New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney. Printed, right margin, vertically: Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. Printed, below right image: 12506. The Grand Sphinx, Cairo, Egypt.
Provenance
James Crawford (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Benjamin West Kilburn, The Grand Sphinx, 1898, albumen stereo print mounted on light orange card. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Crawford, 1992.354.
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