Sinai, The Written Valley. The cliff covered with inscriptions.

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Sinai, The Written Valley. The cliff covered with inscriptions.

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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
about 1857
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
9e6ca8ac-7ee5-4abd-a332-9645870fe32e

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Desert scene with man seated in front of rock with mountains in the background.

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  • Wadi Mukattab (Valley of Inscriptions) — South Sinai, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Sinai, The Written Valley”
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