Artist Index: Frith, Francis

Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. 1862. Bound volume with a total of 37 albumen prints mounted to album pages (some foxing). Each circa 16 x 23 cm or reverse. The majority signed and numbered in negative, each with printed caption on mount. With contents, title and illustration on frontispiece. Bound in green leather-backed cloth album (corners rubbed, spine torn) with gold-embossed title on front cover (cover loose). William MacKenzie, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1862.

Francis Frith, initially an apprentice in a cutlery business and later a partner in a grocery firm, shifted his focus to photography in the early 1850s. Between 1856 and 1860, he embarked on three expeditions to Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem, capturing striking images of ancient monuments using the wet collodion process. This Supplementary Volume to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine features some of his earliest photographs of iconic sites, including Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, Thebes, Luxor, the temples at Karnak, as well as significant locations like Jerusalem, Damascus, Gaza, and Nubia. Frith’s work played a pivotal role in fueling the growing Western fascination with Egyptology and the region’s cultural heritage. – Some foxing and time-staining on album pages, some prints slightly faded along edges, some with minimal surface scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Views of Egypt: "The Pyramids of Dashoor"; "The Pyramids of Sakkarah"; "The Colonnade"; "Rock-Tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid, Gizeh" and "Assouan". 1857. 5 albumen prints from collodion glass plate negatives. Each circa 16 x 23 cm. Each signed and some also with number in lower right/left corner in the negative, each mounted to original album page (water stains), with title, photographer's name and year printed below the image on the mount.

Francis Frith embarked on three expeditions to Egypt between 1856-1860. Using wet collodion glass plate negatives, he captured iconic monuments like the Pyramids at Giza and the temple of Karnak in Luxor, producing albumen prints on-site in a portable darkroom. His work became indispensable for Egyptologists and archaeologists, fueling Western fascination with Egypt's ancient history and cultural heritage. – Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise with strong violet-brown tones and in very good condition.

Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids. Bound volume with a total of 37 albumen prints from glass plate negatives. Photos circa 16 x 23 cm or reverse. The majority signed and numbered in negative, each with printed caption on mount. With contents, title and illustration on frontispiece. Bound in green leather-backed cloth (buckled, edges/corners rubbed) with gold-embossed title on front cover. William MacKenzie, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1862.

Francis Frith, a former apprentice in a cutlery house and a partner in a grocery business, transitioned to photography in the early 1850s. He embarked on three expeditions between 1856-1860 to Egypt, Sinai, Ethiopia, and Jerusalem, capturing ancient monuments and culture using wet collodion glass plate negatives and producing albumen prints on-site in a portable darkroom. The second volume of his four-part series on Egypt, Palestine, and Nubia includes views of Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, and early photographs of the temple of Kar- nak in Luxor. His work served as a valuable resource for Egyp- tologists and archaeologists, contributing to a Western fasci- nation with Egypt‘s ancient history and cultural heritage. – Some foxing and time-staining on album pages, some prints slightly faded along edges, some with minimal surface scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition with strong contrasts.