1858Cairo
Street view in Cairo
Francis Frith. Signed and dated on the print: Frith 1858.
Street photograph
1858·Cairo
Street view in Cairo
Francis Frith. Signed and dated on the print: Frith 1858.
Street photograph
What this plate shows
A street photograph. Cairo, 1858, signed Frith: a lane, a striped dome, a minaret, pointed arches, mashrabiya. The museum title is “Street View in Cairo.” It does not name the street. No claim here about why the buildings stood, or about what stands there now.
- Image type
- Street photograph
- Region
- North Africa
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, RP-F-F80037 (CC0). English title on the object: Street View in Cairo. Scale of that scan.
- License
- CC0 1.0.