Facade of the Temple of Simbel, Nubia, From the West

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Facade of the Temple of Simbel, Nubia, From the West

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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
c4e01080-58e8-459a-a38c-b1b1b1830a16

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Side profile of temple with three seated pharaoh statues in a row ,with one man sitting on the lap of the headless statue and another man to the far right.

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  • Abu Simbel (Great Temple) — Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Facade of the Temple of Simbel, Nubia, From the West”
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