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Title
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The Great Sphinx, near the Pyramids of Ghizeh
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Actual Title
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The Great Sphinx at Ghizeh, 1862
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Date (Painted or Exhibited)
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1862
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Catalog Number
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36
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Catalog Description
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(A study made on the spot in January, 1862)./ Look on my works, ye mighty and despair!/ Nothing beside remains, round the decay/ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,/ The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Shelley).
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Alt-Text
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A painting of the Great Sphinx of Giza in a sandy desert landscape, with the head and part of the body visible. The sky is clear, and a few trees and distant hills appear in the background.
