Nonnenwerth

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Nonnenwerth

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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: about 1864
Medium: Tinted albumen silver print
Culture: English
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Elevated view of an island in the middle of a river, partially obscured by a hillside area in the foreground. The building complex of the Franciscan school, Nonnenwerth Gymnasium, can be seen on the island with its tower. Visible in the distance is a town on the bank of the river.

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