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The participants of the Prussian Egypt expedition on the top of the Great Pyramid, watercolor by Johann Jakob Frey, 1842

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Deutsch: Die preußische Expedition nach Ägypten unter Richard Lepsius feiert den Geburtstag König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. auf dem Gipfel der Cheops-Pyramide am 15. Oktober 1842. Teilnehmer von links nach rechts: H. Mühleisen, Missionar; Karl Richard Lepsius; Karl Wilhelm Isenberg, Missionar der Basler Mission; Carl Franke, Gipsformer; Max Weidenbach; Ernst Weidenbach; Georg Gustav Erbkam; James William Wild; Joseph Bonomi; Johann Jacob Frey. Die beiden Missionare Mühleisen und Isenberg begleiteten die Expeditionsmitglieder nur auf diesem Ausflug. Heinrich Abeken und Otto Georgi stießen erst später zur Expedition hinzu.
English: The participants of the Prussian Egypt expedition on the top of the Great Pyramid, watercolor by Johann Jakob Frey, 1842.
Español: Los participantes de la expedición prusiana a Egipto en la cima de la Gran Pirámide, acuarela de Johann Jakob Frey, 1842.
Українська: Учасники прусської єгипетської експедиції на вершині Великої піраміди, акварель Йоганна Якоба Фрея, 1842 рік.
Source http://www.brandenburg-preussen-museum.de/sonderausstellungen.html
Author Johann Jakob Frey
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Johann Jakob Frey: Lepsius Expedition to Egypt: Raising of the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid of Giza  wikidata:Q109593125 reasonator:Q109593125
Artist
Johann Jakob Frey (1813–1865)  wikidata:Q1337730
 
Johann Jakob Frey
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Johann Jacob Frey
Description German painter
Date of birth/death 27 January 1813 Edit this at Wikidata 30 September 1865 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Basel Edit this at Wikidata Frascati Edit this at Wikidata
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Rome Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1337730
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Title
Lepsius Expedition to Egypt: Raising of the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid of Giza
label QS:Lru,"Экспедиция Лепсиуса в Египет: водружение прусского флага на пирамиде Хеопса"
label QS:Len,"Lepsius Expedition to Egypt: Raising of the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid of Giza"
label QS:Lde,"Lepsius-Expedition in Ägypten: Die Preußenflagge wird auf der Cheopspyramide in Giza gehisst"
Object type lithograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
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Date 1842 Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 49.8 cm (19.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+49.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+59.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6445022
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