[View in Tropical Department; View of Egyptian Sphinxes]
Philip Henry Delamotte
ca. 1859
![[View in Tropical Department; View of Egyptian Sphinxes] by Philip Henry Delamotte](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/view-in-tropical-department-view-of-egyptian-288454.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
7.9 x 8.1 cm (3 1/8 x 3 3/16 in.), each
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.801 (9a–d)
Tags
SculptureInteriorsSphinxPlants
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.