Francis Frith
The Mosque of Kaitbéy

The Mosque of Kaitbéy

Public Domain

ArtistEnglish, 1822–1898
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Mosque of Kaitbéy
Date1858
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (38 × 46 cm)
 Sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (38 × 46 cm)
 Mount: 21 3/16 × 29 in. (53.8 × 73.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.457
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Lunn Ltd., New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, May 22, 1979; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed, moutn recto, centered below image: THE MOSQUE OF KAITBÉY.
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower left corner: #1126.9
Marked on image, recto, lower right corner: Frith 1858

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