Birds [sic] Eye View of Damascus, with Part of Mount Lebanon

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Birds [sic] Eye View of Damascus, with Part of Mount Lebanon

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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
January–May 1858
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
4bedb782-4d50-4440-86d2-4b5a735d043a

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Elevated view of a densely populated city, with a mountain range in the background.

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