FRITH, Francis (1822-98, photographer). 37 albumen silver prints of Egypt (36) and Ethiopia (1) by Francis Frith, some with printed signature and/or dated 1857, mounted on card with printed captions, average image size 165 x 230mm. (37)

FRITH, Francis (1822-98, photographer). 36 albumen silver prints of Egypt and one of Ethiopia by Francis Frith, some with printed signature and/or dated 1857-79, mounted on card with printed captions, average size of photographs (variously 'portrait' and 'landscape') 165 x 230mm (except where indicated below). The photographs are captioned as follows: "The Bab El-Azab Citadel Gateway, Cairo", "The Broken Obelisk, Karnac", "Cairo from the East", "The Citadel of Cairo from Below Gebel El-Mukattam", "Cleopatra's Temple at Erment, near Thebes", "The Colonnade, Philæ", "The Court of Shishak, Karnac", "Entrance to the Great Temple, Karnac", "The Ezbekeeyeh, Cairo", "The Granite Pylon, Karnac", "Hall of Columns, Karnac", "Interior Court of Medinet Haboo", "Interior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac", "The Mosque of El-Hakim", "The Mosque of the Emeer Akhor", "The Mosque of Kaitbey", "New Excavations at Medinet, Haboo", "Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, The Memnonium Thebes", "Osiride Pillars at Medinet-Haboo, Thebes", "Pillars in the Great Hall, Karnac", "Portico of the Temple of Dendera" (2), "Portico of the Temple of Goorneh, Thebes", "Pylon Gateway at Medinet-Haboo", "The Pyramids of Dahshoor", "The Pyramids of Sakkarah, From the North-East", "The Rameseum, Thebes", "Roman Arch Island of Biggeh", "Sculptured Gateway, Karnac", "The Statues of Memnon, First view", "Street View in Cairo", "The Temple Palace, Medinet Haboo", "The Temple of Soleb, Ethiopia", "Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, First View", "Travellers Boat at Ibrim" (smaller size of 146 x 173mm), "Valley of the Tombs of Kings" and "View at Luxor". Francis Frith was equally at home in the Middle East as he was in his native Britain where he succeeded in photographing almost every town and village in the land. His firm, Francis Frith and Co., founded in Reigate in 1859, was the world's first specialist photographic publisher, catering to both the tourist, who wanted pictorial records of their travels, and the "armchair traveller" at home. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. (37)

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