The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza leopard the sons of Count Willem

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

designed by Sir William Tite

1 (Frederick Warne

Including a descriptive verse in the lower margin

July 18 1743'

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza leopard the sons of Count WillemThe 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.