A landscape with a castle ruin perched atop a hill overlooking a river. The foreground features vegetation, and the river flows through a valley below. The text "SCHÖNBERG" is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Schönberg

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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
49602ec2-3c3c-48e2-be62-4942f1bf3d54

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A view of the Schönberg, a ruined castle above the town of Oberwesel. Below the hill can be seen the Church of our Lady (Liebfrauenkirch), near the river. Rail tracks follow the banks of the Rhine towards Oberwesel.

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  • Schönberg Castle, Oberwesel — Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyMatched from the record’s own words: “Schönberg”
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