Frontal and full-bodied, the Great Sphinx of Giza emerges from its freshly excavated sand pit in this striking Lehnert & Landrock composition — the massive limestone paws and altar platform fully exposed in a view that was only possible after the landmark excavations of the early 1920s directed by Émile Baraize, making this card a precise historical document of a transformative moment in Egyptology. The coloring is vivid and warm, the pyramid of Khafre dominating the right background in golden ochre, while small robed figures stand near the chest providing dramatic human scale. Card no. 2077 pairs perfectly with the firm's no. 2047 profile view (PC-02116), and the clean, unwritten back — carrying the identical teal Lehnert & Landrock Cairo copyright imprint — confirms this as an unissued example in excellent condition.