Caption:
Topographical View of the Pyramids at Giza, Giovanni Battista Borra, 17131770, Italian, ca. 1750, Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm) and Image: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.6 cm), aerial view, architectural subject, cartographic material, mariners' compass, pyramids (tombs), scale (rule), site plan, topographic map, Asia, Egypt, Frontier, Giza Necropolis, Matruh