FRANCIS FRITH (1822 1898) Group of 10 photographs of the Hol

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

FRANCIS FRITH (1822-1898)
Group of 10 photographs of the Holy Land, including the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Baalbec, and Sinai. Albumen prints, the images measuring 6 1/4x8 7/8 inches (15.9x22.6 cm.) the mounts 12 7/8x18 inches (32.8x45.7 cm.), each with Firth's credit and inventory number in the negative, and a credit and caption, in pencil, on mount recto. Circa 1857

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Northern shore of the Dead Sea The Wady Fieran, Sinai The Village of Siloam and Valley of the Kidron, Jerusalem Facade of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem Great Pillars and Smaller Temple, Baalbec Temple, Baalbec Tiberias, From the North Mount Horeb Mount Serbal, Sinai The Largest of the Cedars.

Acquired Sotheby's London, June 28, 1985, lot 53. According to photo historian Bill Jay "These photographs were probably first issue subscription prints." Victorian Cameramen (1973), p. 26.