The REMARKABLE GRANITE FORMATION, Between the First Cataract and Philae, with a Distant View of That Island. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 345.
[London]: (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1860. Yellow mount, rounded corners. Printed view title label affixed to verso. 2 separated b/w domed albumen images, left image signed in the plate by Frith. Mount: 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Photograph: 2-3/4" x 2-9/16". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Minor soiling to mount. Images fairly clear, with only light fading. A VG example. Item #52294
Francis Frith’s first major photographic tour of Egypt took place in 1856–1857, when he travelled up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel, photographing along the way. He used three glass plate cameras, including large-format negatives of 8×10 and 16×20 inches, and produced images in the collodion process despite the hot, dusty conditions.
The success of these images—published in stereo views by Negretti & Zambra in 1857 and in larger prints by Thomas Agnew and Sons—was significant enough to finance his second Middle Eastern trip in late 1857, which included Palestine, Syria, and Egypt. These were published between 1858 and 1860, and this image here offered taken during this 2nd trip.
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