Francis Frith
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Francis Frith British, 1822-1898 Francis Frith, best known for his views of Egypt and the Middle East, was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. A Quaker, he attended Ackworth School and Quaker Camp Hill School in Birmingham (about 1828-38), then apprenticed in a Sheffield cutlery house before working in a wholesale grocery business. He began photographing in 1850 and three years later helped to found the Liverpool Photographic Society. In 1856 Frith embarked on an extensive tour of Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel, and returning in July 1857. Inspired by this...
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The Fountain of Jerico and Probable Site of the City
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Distant View of the Cedars of Lebanon
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Mount Serbal, from the Wádee Feyrán, Egypt
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The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the South-West
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Dalegarth Force, Cumberland
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Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire
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The Pyramids of Saqqara from the North-East
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The Mosque of Kaitbey
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The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View
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The Statues of the Plain, Thebes
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The Pyramids of Dahshoor From the East
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The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebannon
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[Three East Indian Women]
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The North Shore of the Dead Sea
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Jerusalem from the City Wall
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Interior Court of Medinet Habbo, Thebes
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The Memnonium, Thebes, from the Plain
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Antiquities at Biggeh, Opposite Philæ
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Jerusalem from the Wall of En-Rogel
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Portion of the Great Temple (The Government Stores), Luxor
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The Great Pillars and Smaller Temple, Baalbec
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City Wall and Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem
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The Statues of Memnon, Plain of Thebes
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View at Girgeh, Upper Egypt
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Obelisk and Granite Lotus Column, Karnac
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Ruined Mosque Near Philæ
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Sculptured Gateway, Karnac
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The Great Pillars at Baalbec
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Hall of Columns, Karnac
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The Town and Lake of Tiberias, from the North
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View at Hebron
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Pharoahs Bed, Island of Philæ
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Baalbec, from the South
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Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes
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Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia
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Abou Simbel, Nubia
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Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor
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Nablous, The Ancient Shechem
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View from Philae, Looking North
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Bethlehem, with the Church of the Nativity
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Sculptures from the Outer Wall, Dendera
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Nazareth, From the North-West
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View at Luxor
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Cleopatra's Temple at Erment, near Thebes
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The New English Church from the Tower of Hippicus, Jerusalem
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Koum Ombo, Upper Egypt
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The Pool of Hezekiah, from the Tower of Hippicus, Jerusalum
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The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, Geezeh
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Portrait, Turkish Summer Costume
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Egypt and Palestine, Volume II
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Egypt and Palestine, Volume I
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Sinaitic Inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab
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The Pyramids of Saqqara, from the Northeast
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Kom Ombo
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Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes
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Plates by Francis Frith
- Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes A catalogued plate
- Kom Ombo A catalogued plate
- The Pyramids of Saqqara, from the Northeast A catalogued plate
- Sinaitic Inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab A catalogued plate
- Egypt and Palestine, Volume I A catalogued plate
- Egypt and Palestine, Volume II A catalogued plate
- Portrait, Turkish Summer Costume A catalogued plate
- The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, Geezeh A catalogued plate
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