The Site of the Pool of Bethesda. Jerusalem

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The Site of the Pool of Bethesda. Jerusalem

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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: January–May 1858
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: English
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a section of the city of Jerusalem, showing the ruins of a building and a tree in the foreground. A cylindrical structure among the ruins, possibly a chimney, can be seen emitting mist or smoke. Visible in the background is the Dome of the Rock and a minaret on the Temple Mount or Haram el-Sharif.

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