Wady Furket

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Wady Furket

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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
1859–1860
Medium
Albumen print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
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Looking over a dry streambed and rock formations within the desert. A double view intended for stereoscope use, mounted within a book.

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