Frith, Francis
English (1822-1898)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Convent of Mar-Saba
BOOK TITLE: Sinai, Palestine, The Nile. ca. 1863

ca. 1857 / print ca. 1863
PUBLISHER: Mackenzie, William
albumen print
16.4 x 23.0 cm.
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
76:0281:0099

OLD GEH NUMBER: 6297

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Van Haaften, Julia. --Egypt and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs.-- New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. pl. 67.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//

INSCRIPTION: (printed) "Convent of Mar-Saba" (printed) "Frith Photo 1857" recto-(in picture) "Frith P 126" lower left corner

NOTES: Catalogued 7/97, AH. This book compiles Frith's previous albums: "Upper Egypt ans Ethiopia" ca. 1863; "Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids," ca. 1862; "Sinai and Palestine," ca. 1862.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, domes
landscape, valleys