The Inn, Saint Gilgen, with Portrait of the Widow Schöndorfer

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The Inn, Saint Gilgen, with Portrait of the Widow Schöndorfer

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
about 1864
Medium
Tinted albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
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A number of women stand in front of a large building with a gabled roof, while a man stands next to a carriage with his back turned away from the camera. The facade of the building is decorated with a fresco depicting a few horse riders among others.

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