Hebron with Mosque Covering the Cave of Macpelah

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Hebron with Mosque Covering the Cave of Macpelah

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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 the hillside city of Hebron, looking toward the site of the Cave of the Patriarchs, also known as the Cave of Machpelah. The cave is located under the Ibrahimi Mosque, an elongated building flanked by a tower on each end. Two men dressed in traditional garments can be seen in the foreground.

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