The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza leopard Half-length portrait of a young

Half-length portrait of a young man with long hair

the sons of Count Willem Bentinck (1704-1774) collecting specimens from a canal at Zorgvlied near the Hague in the Netherlands

July 18 1743'

Including a descriptive verse in the lower margin

Enforcing prohibition

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza leopard Half-length portrait of a youngThe Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, 19th century. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men kaur re). The face is thought to be a likeness of the 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre, who ruled Egypt during the 26th century BC. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts.