Classic Travel Photographs

Classic Travel Photographs

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Egypt—Francis Frith | Pyramid at Dashur from the southwest, c.1858

Lot Closed

March 25, 12:27 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Egypt—Francis Frith


Pyramid at Dashur from the southwest, c.1858


mammoth albumen print (370 x 480mm.), signed and dated in the negative "Frith 1858", mounted on card, presented in a modern mount


AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF FRITH'S MAMMOTH VIEWS OF THE PYRAMIDS, which were "THE BIGGEST, UNENLARGED PRINTS EVER PUBLISHED" (Gernsheim).


"Frith's magnificent photographs of the pyramids, in particular, are ground-breaking and became the works for which he is now best known" (Imagining Paradise).