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Call Number:

PH-00911

Collection Name:

Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem

Creator:

Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)

No. of Items:

20 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1860

Description:

Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem (London: William Mackenzie, 1860) is a photographically illustrated book containing 20 albumen prints by Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898), made between 1857 and 1860. This volume represents the first published form of the series, originally issued in ten parts between 1858 and 1860. The series was later reissued by James S. Virtue in 1862.

Bound in green half leather with green cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering, and gilt edges, the elephant folio (approximately 29.5 × 22 inches) contains 20 mammoth-plate albumen prints (approximately 15 × 19 inches), each mounted on card and accompanied by descriptive letterpress authored by Sophia Lane Poole (British, 1804–1891) and her son Reginald Stuart Poole (British, 1832–1895), credited on the title page as Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole. The front pastedown bears the bookplate of John Joicey.

The folio contains 18 photographs of Egypt, depicting ancient monuments and urban landscapes; one photograph of Sinai, showing its mountainous desert terrain; and one photograph of Jerusalem, presenting a panoramic view of the city from a distance. Collectively, the photographs depict sites of historical, religious, and archaeological interest across Egypt and the Holy Land.

This volume is part of the Gernsheim Collection, acquired in 1963.

Accession No(s):

964:0495:0001-0020

Location(s):

f DT 54 F848 HRC-P (964:0495:0001-0020)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Mosque of the Emeer Akhoor
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 48.4 x 36.4 cm; 19 1/10 x 14 3/10 in; mount: 73.8 x 54.3 cm; 29 1/10 x 21 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0001

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Pyramids of Dahshoor, South West
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.3 x 48 cm; 14 7/10 x 18 9/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0002

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.9 x 48.2 cm; 14 9/10 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0003

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View
Date	1857
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 39.1 x 48.1 cm; 15 2/5 x 18 9/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0004

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Pyramids of Dahshoor, East
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 34.5 x 48.3 cm; 13 3/5 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0005

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Temple of Kom-Umboo
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.9 x 48.4 cm; 14 9/10 x 19 1/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0006

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the North East
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.9 x 48.8 cm; 14 9/10 x 19 1/5 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0007

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Temple of El-Karnak, South East
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.9 x 48.5 cm; 14 9/10 x 19 1/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0008

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Mosque of Kaitbey
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38.9 x 46.7 cm; 15 3/10 x 18 2/5 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0009

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Hypæthral Temple, Philæ
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38.1 x 48.3 cm; 15 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0010

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Cairo, from the Citadel, First View
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38.3 x 48.4 cm; 15 1/10 x 19 1/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0011

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the South West
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.8 x 48.3 cm; 14 9/10 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0012

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Cairo, from the Citadel, Second View
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 40 x 49 cm; 15 7/10 x 19 3/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0013

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Mount Serbal, from the Wadee Feyran
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38 x 48.3 cm; 15 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0014

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Street View in Cairo
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 47.5 x 38.5 cm; 18 7/10 x 15 1/5 in; mount: 73.8 x 54.3 cm; 29 1/10 x 21 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0015

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Statues of the Plain, Thebes
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.5 x 48 cm; 14 4/5 x 18 9/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0016

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38 x 48.5 cm; 15 x 19 1/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0017

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, Second View
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 34.1 x 48 cm; 13 2/5 x 18 9/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0018

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Second Pyramid, South East
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 38 x 48.4 cm; 15 x 19 1/10 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0019

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Mount Horeb, Sinai
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 37.5 x 48.3 cm; 14 4/5 x 19 in; mount: 54.3 x 73.8 cm; 21 2/5 x 29 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0495:0020

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