Heathen Temples at Baalbec

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Heathen Temples at Baalbec

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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: January–May 1858
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: English
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of the Temple of Venus, also known as the Circular Temple, showing the Corinthian columns that support the outer niches of the stone building. Some stone walls and trees can be seen in the foreground, while other stone structures are visible in the background.

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