Cairo from the East

Cairo from the East

Photograph

Francis Frith

Maker
English, 1822–1898

Cairo from the East

Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids


ca. 1857
Albumen silver print
Image: 6 1/8 × 8 11/16 in. (15.5 × 22.1 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (31.8 × 44.4 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1338.0002
Inscriptions Inscribed in negative on recto, BLC: Frith no. 90
Printed on mount on recto, BC: CAIRO. FROM THE EAST.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto, BR: Frontice piece 1 [circumscribed] \ 1 [circumscribed]

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