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Distant View of Damascus

published 1862
19th century
155 x 222 mm (6.1 x 8.7 in.)

Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on medium-weight off-white wove paper as sewn leaf in bound volume

Series: from Sinai and Palestine

Edition: As published in the album "Sinai and Palestine" (London: William Mackenzie), 1862

Marks: Printed on mount: “DISTANT VIEW OF DAMASCUS.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “66”; inscribed on negative in image, lower left corner: “Frith P 140”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Collector’s stamp of Weston J. Naef in red on verso of the volume’s title page

Bibliography: Douglas R. Nickel, Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004); Jon Manchip White, Egypt and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs: 77 Views by Francis Frith (New York: Dover, 1980), plate 75.

Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2009

Accession Number: 2009.16.23

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Asia*, cityscapes*, landscapes (representations)*, Middle East*, Syria*, travel photography

Asia - TGN 1000004
cityscapes - Use for creative works that depict settlements that may be considered cities. For creative works depicting settlements that may be considered towns, use "townscapes (representations)." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer
landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]
Middle East - TGN 7001526 (general region). All DAC object records formerly indexed with term “West Asia” were revised in 2010 to “Middle East” (Eurocentric but standards-compliant); some future TGN revision that uses current preferred terms may support restoration of the better “West Asia.”
Syria - TGN 1000140
travel photography

Dimensions

image Dimensions: 155 x 222 mm (6.1 x 8.7 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Distant View of Damascus, published 1862. From Sinai and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on medium-weight off-white wove paper as sewn leaf in bound volume. image : 155 x 222 mm (6.1 x 8.7 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 318 x 437 mm (12.5 x 17.2 in.). DAC accession number 2009.16.23. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2009.

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