Getty Museum
The Foot of Mount Horeb and the Plain of the Assemblage Convent Sinai
Creator
Francis FrithPhotographer · 1822–1898
All works by this person →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
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1859–1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
View of the Mount Sinai Monastery, also known as St. Catherine's Monastery, a walled complex at the foot of a mountain in a desert landscape. A rocky area is visible in the foreground, while other mountains can be seen in the background.
The authoritative record is held by Getty Museum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Getty Museum and other institutions.