Cairo from the Citadel, With the Mosque of the Sultan Hasan

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Cairo from the Citadel, With the Mosque of the Sultan Hasan

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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
802e1f8f-9aea-413e-b4a8-a21001081e29

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View of mosque with domed roof and two towers, one on either side, taken from rooftops. City is visible stretching out into the distance beyond the mosque.

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  • Cairo Citadel — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Cairo from the Citadel”
  • Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Mosque of the Sultan Hasan”
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