A landscape with a church on a hilltop, surrounded by trees and fields. The foreground features a few scattered trees and shrubs, while the background shows the church with a prominent tower. The text at the bottom reads "Church of the Ascension Mount of Olives."

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Church of the Ascension, Mount of Olives

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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
1860
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
317ddeb6-07ee-4c0e-901f-dccfcd159918

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View of a number of hilltop buildings, including a tower or minaret. An unpaved road meanders across the hillside that is in turn dotted with olive trees.

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