Untitled (Cairo)

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

Publisher James S. Virtue (English, 1829 - 1892)

Date1857

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (15.88 × 21.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of Margaret Hall in memory of Alfred E. Miller

Object numberF91-51/16

Signedon plate, lower right: Frith E No 76

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DescriptionView of two domed mosque-like building remains, the larger one at right, smaller at left rear. The foreground is filled with an arrangement of rectangular bricked shapes with stone markers, giving it the appearance of a cemetery.

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