Tomb under the Gebel El-Mukattam

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Tomb under the Gebel El-Mukattam

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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
1857
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
54b5cc6e-e883-4e55-9a16-b1f9e4524be5

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Tomb with domed roof and city in the distance.

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  • Mokattam Hills — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Gebel El-Mukattam”
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