507: The Convent of Sinai, and the distant plain of Eh-Raheh
Francis Frith and Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
70 x 140 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520237
Summary
A Monochrome albumen stereograph card depicting a view of the convent of Sinai and the distant plain of Eh-Raheh. The print is mounted on heavy grey card . Recto : handwritten in black ink the number: 4. Also recto: handwritten in black ink on the left hand stereograph, in the right hand corner, Frith 507. Verso: printed in black ink within a black outlined frame: 507 Views in the Peninsula of Sinai. Second Series. The Convent of Sinai, and the distant plain of Eh-Raheh. These views are taken from the path on the ascent of Jebel Mousa, and at a distance of about two miles from the Convent. The base only of Mount Horeb is comprehended in the picture, to the left of the convent. A monochrome albumen stereograph card depicting the rocky path at the base of Mount Horeb leading to the convent of Sinai. Recto: Top left handside : number 4 in black ink .On the left hand stereograph print written in black ink, Frith 507. Verso: Printed in black ink within a black outlined frame: 507 Views in the Peninsula of Sinai, Second Series. The Convent of Sinai and the distant plain of Eh-Raheh. The views are taken from the path on the ascent of Jebel Mousa, and at a distance of about two miles from the Convent. The base only of Mount Horeb is comprehended in the picture. Also in black ink bottom left corner: Entered at Stationers' Hall and bottom right hand corner: Depose
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection, a gift from the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2017. From 1986-1999, it was part of the BFI's collection for the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI). The BFI purchased the collection in 1986 from James Fenton (Fenton Museum of Photography), Port Erin, Isle of Man (1976-1986)
Makers and roles
Francis Frith and Co., photographic studio