FRITH FRANCIS (1822 1898) Street View in Cairo

Sale 2311 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 3,600

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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898)
"Street View in Cairo." Mammoth-plate albumen print, 19x15 inches (48.3x38.1 cm.), with Frith's signature and date in the negative; on the original mount, with a printed title on mount recto. 1858-1860

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A wonderfully detailed architectural image of a busy street in Cairo that originally appeared in the folio "Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem" (London: W. Mackenzie, 1860).

Howe & Sinsheimer, Excursions Along the Nile: The Photographic Discovery of Egypt, 42.