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LL/6298
Francis Frith
1858-1859 (ca)
Thebes, Interior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac
[Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids]

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
225 x 156mm
 
Royal Photographic Society
[Curatorial description - Royal Photographic Society]
 
Frith made three photographic trips to the Middle East at the end of the 1850s with three different cameras, a mammoth plate (20 x 16 inch), a full plate (10 x 8 inch) and a stereo camera. Battling against temperatures of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, dust, flies, robbers and wild dogs, he bought back stunning archaeological and architectural studies of a decayed culture.
 
[Editorial note - Alan Griffiths - 15 December 2011]
 
This may now be part of The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum [Ref No: 2003-5001/2/20095]
 
LL/6298


 

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