Portico of the Temple of Dendera

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Portico of the Temple of Dendera

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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
b55cbbcd-725b-4603-b8d9-dd2a3590079a

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Scene of two men in front of giant stone columns. One man in white seated on the ground, second man wearing suit and hat standing nearby.

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  • Dendera Temple — Qena Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Portico of the Temple of Dendera”
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