A town named Oberwesel situated along a riverbank, with a prominent tower-like structure on the left and a castle-like building on the right. The landscape includes rolling hills and fields, with buildings scattered across the terrain. The text "OBERWESEL" is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Oberwesel

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Francis Frith

Photographer · 1822–1898

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Before turning his attention to photography around 1850, Francis Frith was apprenticed to a cutlery firm and worked as a wholesale grocer. With a partner he opened the Frith & Hayward photography studio in Liverpool. In 1856 Frith made an extended trip to Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel. He photographed along the entire way, using three different cameras: a stereoscopic one a

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Date
1864
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
46293492-6c3e-4ffc-85bd-a1022b9008ec

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Vineyards growing down the side of a hill towards the Rhine. At the bottom of the hill stands a tall round tower called the "Ox Tower" (Ochsenturm). Along the riverbank runs the railroad track.

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