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The Village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron
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
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- 1858
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- d6cf9e50-ef26-41d8-8527-4fba3f9c3546
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- Kidron Valley (Valley of Jehoshaphat) — JerusalemMatched from the record’s own words: “The Village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron”
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