A group of people near a stone structure with a domed roof, possibly a tomb, in an Eastern cemetery. The setting includes other buildings and a camel, suggesting a historical or archaeological site. The text reads "TOMBS IN THE EASTERN CEMETERY."

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Tombs in the Eastern Cemetery, Cairo

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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
3f78c2f2-a55e-4ce3-a943-0c6a78de2c44

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Men with three camels standing next to shadow of large tomb with domed and spired roof. Three other domed roofed tombs are behind them.

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  • City of the Dead (Eastern Cemetery) — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Eastern Cemetery, Cairo”
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