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Name Frith, Francis, 1822-1898 Level [40] File

71. 1899.l.15(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(11)
Title:
Cairo, from the Citadel, with the Mosque of Sultan Hasan. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the square, with the Mosque of Sultan Hassan beyond: 'The principal object is the great Mosque of Sultan Hasan. Between this and the buildings in the foreground, upon the roofs and numerous ventilators of which we look down, is the extensi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

72. 1899.l.15(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(12)
Title:
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the desert towards the pyramids, with figures and a horse on the gravel in the foreground. On the left, nearest the camera, is the Pyramid of Menkaura and the row of the Que...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

73. 1899.l.15(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(13)
Title:
Cairo, from the Citadel (second view). Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the rooftops of the city towards the Nile in the distance, with a large, flat-roofed group of houses in the foreground, with ventilation shafts to direct air into the interiors: 'This photograph is taken from the summit of the Citadel, a ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

74. 1899.l.15(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(14)
Title:
Mount Serbal, from the Wadee Feyran. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the dry bed of the wadi, towards the ridged peak of Mount Serbal, supposed by some traditions to be Mount Sinai: 'In this view we see the mountain from the northward, as it rises beyond ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

75. 1899.l.15(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(15)
Title:
Street view in Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a Cairo street: 'Without any special object of historical interest, the accompanying view is extremely instructive, as illustrative of the picturesque ruins of Cairo. With the exceptio...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

76. 1899.l.15(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(16)
Title:
The Statues of the Plain, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the two massive seated statues of Amenhotep III, known as the Colossi of Memnon, with figures (including a European) grouped at the base, and one standing in the lap of the northern statue: 'The view admirably represents presents these vadt statues, with...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

77. 1899.l.15(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(17)
Title:
The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of the Sphinx at Giza, with the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) beyond: 'The two most famous Egyptian monuments are the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. The one is distinguished as the most giga...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

78. 1899.l.15(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(18)
Title:
The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes (second view). Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Osirid pillars of the second court of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II at Thebes: 'This view of the Rameseum of El-Kurneh is taken from a direction opposite to that of the previous one [print 4]: the spectator stands with...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

79. 1899.l.15(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(19)
Title:
The Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with figures posed on the slope in the foreground: 'The view excellently illustrates our endeavour to describe the tract of the Pyramids. It is ta...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

80. 10095.g.34(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(1)
Title:
The Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Sultan Hasan Mosque. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item