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accession number: 1992.236
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Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views, with Descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole: Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes, 1857. Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 38.3 x 48.2 cm (15 1/16 x 19 in.); matted: 61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1992.236
title: Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes
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series: Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views, with Descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole
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creation date: 1857
creation date earliest: 1857
creation date latest: 1857
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creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: England, 19th century
technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
department: Photography
collection: PH - British 19th Century
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898) - artist
Francis Frith British, 1822-1898
Francis Frith, best known for his views of Egypt and the Middle East, was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. A Quaker, he attended Ackworth School and Quaker Camp Hill School in Birmingham (about 1828-38), then apprenticed in a Sheffield cutlery house before working in a wholesale grocery business. He began photographing in 1850 and three years later helped to found the Liverpool Photographic Society.
In 1856 Frith embarked on an extensive tour of Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel, and returning in July 1857. Inspired by this journey's success, that November he traveled again to Egypt and the Holy Land for about six months. During a third trip, in 1859-60, he voyaged up the Nile to the Sixth Cataract, farther than any photographer before him. These excursions were difficult; besides the desert heat, sand, and flies, the wet collodion process used by Frith meant traveling with numerous crates filled with cameras, chemicals, and darkroom equipment.
The firm of Frith & Co. was established at Reigate, Surrey, in 1860, becoming one of the most important publishers of European topographic and architectural views. It continued under the direction of his descendants for well over a century. Previously, Frith's large views had been published in London by Thomas Agnew & Sons, and James S. Virtue, and his stereographs by Negretti & Zambra. Frith's 1876 catalog included more than 4,000 views, and his works and travelogue were assembled into several albums, which sold well as souvenirs and to armchair travelers. Many of the photographs certainly were taken by operators working for him. However, a number of Frith's prints, especially his large glass plate views of Egypt and the Middle East, still astonish with their grandeur of vision. T.W.F.
* William Mackenzie - publisher
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measurements: Image: 38.3 x 48.2 cm (15 1/16 x 19 in.); Matted: 61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
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inscription: Written in black ink on recto of mount: "Frith, Photo. 1857"; "The RAMESEUM of EL-KURNAH / Thebes - First View"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Nineteenth Century Views of Egypt
opening date: 1992-05-19T04:00:00
Nineteenth Century Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-September 9, 1992).
title: Selected Acquisitions
opening date: 1993-02-09T05:00:00
Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
title: Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt
opening date: 2016-02-06T00:00:00
Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).
title: Stories From Storage
opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00
Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Janet Lehr Fine Arts, East Hampton, NY)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: December 7, 1992
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
page number: p. 68, no. 97, repr. p. 47
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25161388
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 20-21, 177
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 10, December 1996
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-10/page/4
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IMAGES
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