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Antiquities at Biggeh
Creator
Francis FrithPhotographer · 1822–1898
All works by this person →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
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a0636050-5fc3-4467-b58a-a9d7e8166659
What the image shows
Ancient ruins with stone structures and palm trees in a desert landscape.
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From the Getty Museum record
Desert scene with ruins at base of rocky hill and coast to the right.
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Places this record points to
- Bigeh Island — Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Antiquities at Biggeh”
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