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Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Cairo, Second View

published 1862
19th century
163 x 223 mm (6.4 x 8.8 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: “TOMBS IN THE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, / Cairo, Second View.”; printed on mount, lower right below image: “Frith, Photo.”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “6”; inscribed on negative in image, lower left corner: “Frith E no 80”

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: 2010.15.5

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Africa*, architecture*, Cairo*, cemeteries, 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
cemeteries
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: 163 x 223 mm (6.4 x 8.8 in.)

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Francis Frith, British (English), (1822–1898) . Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Cairo, Second View, published 1862. From Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine. Albumen print on photographic paper mounted on lightweight board with gilded edges in bound volume. image : 163 x 223 mm (6.4 x 8.8 in.). Mount (album sheet) : 312 x 435 mm (12.3 x 17.1 in.). DAC accession number 2010.15.5. Gift of Weston and Mary Naef in honor of Ella Dawes Naef, class of 2002, 2010.

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