Classic Travel Photographs
Classic Travel Photographs
Lot Closed
March 25, 12:27 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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).