Town and Lake of Tiberias or Gennesaret. From the North

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Town and Lake of Tiberias or Gennesaret. From the North

Creator

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
January–May 1858
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
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A man sits among the ruins of a stone building, looking toward a lake in the distance. A town can be seen on the bank of the lake.

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