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Andernach
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
- 1864
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 0cb7ba3d-c2dc-447a-b052-e2ee11958b9d
What the image shows
A riverside scene with boats docked along the shore, a crane near a structure under construction, and buildings in the background. The text "ANDERNACH" is visible at the bottom.
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From the Getty Museum record
A view of the "Old Crane" (Alte Krahnen) next to the banks of the Rhine, in the town of Andernach. The building is round and has a treadwheel tower crane coming out the top. Various pieces of dressed stone surround the building, while barges are moored by the riverbank.
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Places this record points to
- Andernach — Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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