Francis Frith

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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Abou Simbel, Nubia

Abou Simbel, Nubia

Getty Museum · 1857

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Abou Simbel, Nubia

Abou Simbel, Nubia

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1857

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Abou Simbel, Nubia - From the West

Abou Simbel, Nubia - From the West

Getty Museum · 1857

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Absaloms [sic] Tomb, Jerusalem

Absaloms [sic] Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · January–May 1858

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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1857

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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1857

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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1857

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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1858

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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1858

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A Camping Place in the Wilderness of Sinai

A Camping Place in the Wilderness of Sinai

Getty Museum · 1859–1860

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Aiguille du Midi: Mount Blanc

Aiguille du Midi: Mount Blanc

Getty Museum · about 1859–1880

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Among the Pyramids of Geezeh

Among the Pyramids of Geezeh

Getty Museum · 1857

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Ancient Citadel, Jerusalem

Ancient Citadel, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1857–1858

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Andernach

Andernach

Getty Museum · 1864

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Andernach

Andernach

Getty Museum · about 1864

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Andernach

Andernach

Getty Museum · about 1864

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An Encampment in Ethiopia

An Encampment in Ethiopia

Getty Museum · about 1859

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Antiquities at Biggeh

Antiquities at Biggeh

Getty Museum · 1857

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Antiquities at Biggeh, Opposite Philae

Antiquities at Biggeh, Opposite Philae

Getty Museum · 1857

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Antiquities at the Island of Biggeh

Antiquities at the Island of Biggeh

Getty Museum · 1857

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A Nubian Sakia, R. Nile, or "Persian" Waterwheel

A Nubian Sakia, R. Nile, or "Persian" Waterwheel

Getty Museum · 1850–1865

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Approach to Edom, From the East

Approach to Edom, From the East

Getty Museum · about 1865

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Approach to the Convent of Sinai

Approach to the Convent of Sinai

Getty Museum · 1857

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Approach to the Convent of Sinai

Approach to the Convent of Sinai

Getty Museum · 1857

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Arab Sportsman and Cook

Arab Sportsman and Cook

Getty Museum · 1857

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Arab Sportsman and Cook

Arab Sportsman and Cook

Getty Museum · 1857

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Arch Over the Great Ravine, Petra

Arch Over the Great Ravine, Petra

Getty Museum · about 1865

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"Arthur of England" [illeg], in Franciscan Chapel, Innsbruck

"Arthur of England" [illeg], in Franciscan Chapel, Innsbruck

Getty Museum · about 1850–1865

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Assouan

Assouan

Getty Museum · 1857

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Assouan

Assouan

Getty Museum · 1857

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Assouan

Assouan

Getty Museum · 1857

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Assouan, the frontier town of Upper Egypt.

Assouan, the frontier town of Upper Egypt.

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Athens and Mars Hill

Athens and Mars Hill

Getty Museum · about 1865

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Athens and Mars Hill, where Paul preached

Athens and Mars Hill, where Paul preached

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Athens and the Acropolis

Athens and the Acropolis

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Athens, Temple of Theseus

Athens, Temple of Theseus

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Athens, the Acropolis and Parthenon

Athens, the Acropolis and Parthenon

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Athens, the Erechtheum

Athens, the Erechtheum

Getty Museum · about 1860

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Baalbec and the Range of Lebanon

Baalbec and the Range of Lebanon

Getty Museum · about 1850–1865

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Baalbec, Beautifully sculptured doorway [illeg] with [illeg] Keystone

Baalbec, Beautifully sculptured doorway [illeg] with [illeg] Keystone

Getty Museum · 1860–1865

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Baalbec from the South

Baalbec from the South

Getty Museum · 1857

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Baalbec from the South

Baalbec from the South

Getty Museum · 1858

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Baalbec, from the South

Baalbec, from the South

Getty Museum · 1857

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Baalbec, From the South

Baalbec, From the South

Getty Museum · 1857

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Baalbec, From the South

Baalbec, From the South

Getty Museum · 1858

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Baalbec. Octagon Temple.

Baalbec. Octagon Temple.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Baalbec. Seen from the South-East. The Ancient Heliopolis, or City of the Sun.

Baalbec. Seen from the South-East. The Ancient Heliopolis, or City of the Sun.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Baalbec. The Great Columns and Smaller Temple.

Baalbec. The Great Columns and Smaller Temple.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Baalbec. The Great Columns and Smaller Temple.

Baalbec. The Great Columns and Smaller Temple.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Baalbec. The Temple Proper, Seen From Its North-East Angle.

Baalbec. The Temple Proper, Seen From Its North-East Angle.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Baalbec. View from the North-West Angle of The Temple.

Baalbec. View from the North-West Angle of The Temple.

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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Bacharach

Bacharach

Getty Museum · 1864

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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Getty Museum · 1857

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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Getty Museum · 1857

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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Getty Museum · 1858

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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Getty Museum · 1857

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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi

Getty Museum · 1858

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Barcelona, the Harbour and Mediterranean

Barcelona, the Harbour and Mediterranean

Getty Museum · about 1850–1865

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[Bare ruins in desert, Egypt]

[Bare ruins in desert, Egypt]

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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[Barren columns in desert, possibly at Thebes]

[Barren columns in desert, possibly at Thebes]

Getty Museum · 1856–1857

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