Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. Thebes

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Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. Thebes

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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: 1856–1860
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: English
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a section of the Valley of the Kings. The peak of El-Qurn is visible on the upper center area of the image. A number of people and donkeys can be seen on the unpaved pathway on the lower center area of the image.

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