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Tomb under the Gebel El-Mukattam, Cairo, Second View

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Tomb under the Gebel El-Mukattam, Cairo, Second View

1857 (published 1862)
19th century
160 x 220 mm (6.3 x 8.7 in.)

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

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume

Series: from Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine

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

Marks: Printed on mount: “TOMB UNDER THE GEBEL EL-MUKATTAM / Cairo, Second View”; printed on mount, lower right below image: “Frith, Photo. 1857.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “12”; inscribed on negative in image, lower right corner: “Frith E no 78”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Collector’s stamp of Weston J. Naef in red on verso of album’s frontispiece

Bibliography: Douglas R. Nickel, Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004), compare with plate 18.

Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010

Accession Number: 2010.15.4

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Africa*, architecture*, Cairo*, death, Egypt*, graves*, travel photography

Africa - TGN 7001242
architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
Cairo - TGN 7001215
death
Egypt - TGN 7016833
graves - Excavations in the earth used for burial; for constructions raised over or around burial sites, use "tombs." [April 1993 related term added.]
travel photography

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image Dimensions: 160 x 220 mm (6.3 x 8.7 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Tomb under the Gebel El-Mukattam, Cairo, Second View, 1857 (published 1862). From Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume. image : 160 x 220 mm (6.3 x 8.7 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 312 x 435 mm (12.3 x 17.1 in.). DAC accession number 2010.15.4. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010.

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