Damascus
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Damascus
ca. 185719th century
226 x 158 mm (8.9 x 6.2 in.)
Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Albumen print
Marks:
Inscribed on negative, lower left: “Frith P128”; inscribed on mount, lower right: “Frith photo 1857”; inscribed on mount, lower center: “Damascus”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Joseph Buberger
Bibliography:
Lee D. Witkin and Barbara London, The Photograph Collector’s Guide (Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1979), pp.146–147.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Robert L. Drapkin, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.34.19
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- 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.]
- Asia - TGN 1000004
- 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: 226 x 158 mm (8.9 x 6.2 in.)
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Credit Caption
Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Damascus, ca. 1857. Albumen print. image : 226 x 158 mm (8.9 x 6.2 in.). DAC accession number 1983.34.19. Gift of Dr. Robert L. Drapkin, 1983.