473: Gateway of the Citadel.
Francis Frith and Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Card
Measurements
69 x 69 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520267
Summary
A monochrome albumen stereograph of an Egyptian citadel. Arched images mounted on grey card. On recto: "Frith 473" lower left, left image. "1" written on card top left. Printed on verso: 473. Views in Egypt. Second Series-Cairo. Gateway of the Citadel. Pencil mark "L" & illegible mark in top right corner.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
Central top of card: 2 smudges
Makers and roles
Francis Frith and Co., photographic studio