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Etching of a stone sphinx with a striped headdress leaning on a riverside embankment, bare trees and faint buildings behind it.

Sphinx, Thames, London

A black-and-white etching shows a stone sphinx with a striped nemes headdress resting its arms on a stone embankment, gazing upward and to the right. Bare winter trees frame the scene, with faint buildings and water behind the parapet, and a stone stairway descends in the foreground.

Artist
Bertha E. Jaques
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2074 × 2560 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Esfinge, Támesis, Londres

Un grabado en blanco y negro muestra una esfinge de piedra con un tocado a rayas tipo nemes, apoyando los brazos en un muro de contención de piedra y mirando hacia arriba y a la derecha. Árboles desnudos enmarcan la escena, con edificios tenues y agua detrás del parapeto, y una escalera de piedra desciende en primer plano.

Português: Esfinge, Tâmisa, Londres

Uma gravura em preto e branco mostra uma esfinge de pedra com um toucado listrado tipo nemes, apoiando os braços em um muro de contenção de pedra e olhando para cima e para a direita. Árvores sem folhas emolduram a cena, com edifícios tênues e água atrás do parapeito, e uma escadaria de pedra desce em primeiro plano.

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