[Carving a Sphinx]
![[Carving a Sphinx] by Philip Henry Delamotte](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/carving-a-sphinx-269622.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.639.59
Tags
ArchitectureSphinx
About the Artist
Philip Henry Delamotte · 1820–1889
Delamotte was primarily an illustrator, but he also offered his services to artists as a photographer and photography teacher. His most famous students were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. British photographer.