The Citadel of Cairo from Below Gebel El-Mukattam

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The Citadel of Cairo from Below 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
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Figures and donkeys resting on hill next to ruins of stone building, white domed citadel with two spires in the distance.

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  • Cairo Citadel — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “The Citadel of Cairo from Below Gebel El-Mukattam”
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