Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Six Photographic Prints by Francis Frith, 1857

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A2016.02
Creators:
Frith, Francis
Dates:
1857
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
6 Prints
albumen, tipped into album leaves with printed captions on verso
Repository:
Container:
1

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
6 albumen prints, dated 1857 on the negative and on the album page, of Egyptian antiquities and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. All are from a disassembled copy of Frith's publication, "Egypt and Palestine. Photographed and Described by Francis Frith. in Two Volumes" Photograph titles are: Rock Tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid, Gizeh; The Granite Pylon, Thebes; Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia; Façade of the Great Temple at Abou Simbel; Jerusalem, From the Mount of Olives, No. 1; Jerusalem, From the Mount of Olives, No. 2.

Arrangement

Arrangement
One flat box.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Francis Frith (1822-1898) was one of the pre-eminent travel photographers of his day, contributing greatly to the popularization of travel photography. He also founded Frith & Co., a specialty printing and publishing firm largely devoted to travel photography in a variety of formats, including souvenir postcards and individual prints of scenic views. By employing a team of photographers to supply images for his inventory and purchasing the rights to interesting photos from other photographers and publishing them under the studio's name, Frith soon amassed the largest collection of its kind, with a catalog than ran to almost 700 pages.

Administration

Custodial History
Purchased, 2016.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
Six Photographic Prints by Francis Frith, FSA A2016.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A2016.02


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Temples Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Egypt Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jerusalem Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Thebes (Upper Egypt) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gizeh (Egypt) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Palestine Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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