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Alternative designs for the Mausoleum, Blickling Hall, Blickling, in memory of the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire: perspective from the north-west
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NOTES: Bonomi's design was based on the tomb of Caius Cestius, Rome. The mausoleum as executed in 1796 was a slightly less austere pyramid without the rusticated plinth.
Approach of the simoon (or wind storm) near the Sphinx in the desert at Giza
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SOURCE: David Roberts and William Brockedon. Egypt and Nubia (London, 1846-1849), vol. 3, pl. 28
Sphinx and the pyramids of Chephren (Khafre) and Mycerinus (Menkaure), Giza
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NOTES: The Sphinx dates from c. 2550-2500 BC and the pyramids of Chephren (Khafre) and Mycerinus (Menkaure) from 2589-2530 BC.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius with the Porta San Paolo, Rome
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 35
