Frith, Francis, 1822-1898

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Francis Frith, was born in Chesterfield, in 1822. An early exponent of photography, Frith set up his own company in 1859 in Reigate, publishing photographic views. He travelled around the world taking photographs and in later years employed additional photographers to satisfy demand. Frith died in Cannes in 1898, but the company continued to operate until its closure in 1971.

From the guide to the The Francis Frith Collection: Photographs of Highland Perthshire, [ca1900]-[ca1950], (University of Dundee)

There is no indication on the prints or album that the photographer is Frith; it is deduced from looking at his other work.

From the description of Egyptian ruins and antiquities : photograph album, ca. 1870-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80688695

Photographer is a Quaker.

From the description of Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem [picture] / Frith. [1857-1860]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58557357

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referencedIn Frith, Francis, 1822-1898 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Frith, Francis : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem [picture] / Frith. Haverford College Library
creatorOf The Francis Frith Collection: Photographs of Highland Perthshire, [ca1900]-[ca1950] University of Dundee
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Ancient temple of the Tukht-i Solimon, [India] [picture]. Haverford College Library
referencedIn History of photography collection, 1840-1986 (inclusive). Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn The Francis Frith Collection: Photographs of Highland Perthshire, [ca1900]-[ca1950] University of Dundee
creatorOf Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879. Victorian family album. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Views of Switzerland, France, and England. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Fogg Art Museum 19th-century history of photography collection, 1844-1900 (inclusive). Harvard University Art Museum
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Egyptian ruins and antiquities : photograph album, ca. 1870-1883. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Frith, Francis. Views of English abbeys. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Beato, Antonio, d. 1903?. [Egypt : a collection of photographs taken at Cairo, Karnak, Luxor, Philae and other places] New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877. Photoglyphic engravings and other photomechanical prints presented to William Crookes [graphic] / William Henry Fox Talbot ; with 3 additional prints by Paul Pretsch and Adolphe-Pierre Riffaut and Pauline Riffaut. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Tuttleman Family, Edna S. and Stanley C. Collection of Nineteenth-Century Photographs, 1857-1899 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Andrieu, J., 1816-after 1876. Stereograph Collection. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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associatedWith Annan, Thomas, d. 1887 person
associatedWith Frith, Francis person
associatedWith Frith Francis 1822-1898 person
associatedWith Naville, Edouard, 1844-1926. person
associatedWith Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Egypt
Elkab (Extinct city)
Bulak Museum
Aswān (Egypt)
Perthsire (Scotland)
France
England
Gizeh Museum
Great Britain
Karnak (Egypt)
Great Britain
Idfū (Egypt)
Alps
Pithom (Extinct city)
India
Subject
Abbeys
Landscape photography Scotland
Pyramids
Occupation
Photographers
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Person

Birth 1822-10-07

Death 1898-02-25

Active 1870

Active 1883

Birth 1822

Death 1898

Britons

English

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