Lepsius Expedition to Egypt: Raising of the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid of Giza, Johann Jakob Frey, 1842

The prussian expedition to egypt under richard lepsius celebrates king frederick william iv's birthday at the summit of the cheops pyramid on the 15th. October 1842. Participants from left to right: h. Mühleisen, missionary; karl richard lepsius; karl wilhelm isenberg, missionary of the basel mission; carl franke, plaster shaper; max weidenbach; ernst weidenbach; georg gustav erbkam; james william wild; joseph bonomi; johann jacob frey. The two missionaries mühleisen and isenberg accompanied the expedition members only on this trip. Heinrich abeken and otto georgi only joined the expedition later. Object Type: lithograph. Genre: history painting. Date: 1842. Dimensions: height: 49.8 cm (19.6 in) ; width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in). Depicted People: Karl Richard Lepsius, Karl Wilhelm Isenberg, Maximilian Ferdinand Weidenbach, Ernst Weidenbach, Georg Erbkam, James William Wild, Joseph Bonomi the Younger, Johann Jakob Frey. Collection: Kunstbibliothek Berlin. Lepsius-Expedition-Cheops-Pyramide