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Mariette’s Excavations, Stele between the Front Paws of the Sphinx, Giza
Creator
John Beasley GreeneAmerican Photographer · 1832–1856
All works by this person →A French-born archaeologist based in Paris and a student of photographer Gustave Le Gray, John Beasly Greene became a founding member of the Société Française de Photographie and belonged to two societies devoted to Eastern studies. Greene became the first practicing archaeologist to use photography, although he was careful to keep separate files for his documentary images and his more artistic la
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- 1853–1854
- Medium
- Waxed paper negative
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 2298b238-f01b-4924-a583-26ccef168b81
A stone tablet inscribed with hieroglyphics.
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