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The North Shore of the Dead Sea


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The North Shore of the Dead Sea

published 1862
19th century
158 x 221 mm (6.2 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: “THE NORTH SHORE OF THE DEAD SEA.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “52”; inscribed on negative in image, lower left corner: “Frith P 113”
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), plate 59.
Credit Line: Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2009
Accession Number: 2009.16.16

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This object has the following keywords:
  • 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'.]
  • marine views - Use For Term
  • seas - Related Term
  • travel photography
  • water

Dimensions
  • image Dimensions: 158 x 221 mm (6.2 x 8.7 in.)

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