Columns of the Portico, Esneh, a buried Temple

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Columns of the Portico, Esneh, a buried Temple

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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
1850–1865
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
b2f6106d-c50d-4fb5-bddc-dd6389a40f5c

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Man standing and looking at four columns in temple ruins.

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  • Esna Temple — Luxor Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Columns of the Portico, Esneh, a buried Temple”
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