Francis Frith
The Mosque of Kaitbéy

ArtistEnglish, 1822–1898
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Mosque of Kaitbéy
Date1858
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (38 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (38 × 46 cm)
Mount: 21 1/8 × 29 in. (53.7 × 73.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.457
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Lunn Ltd., New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, May 22, 1979; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked below image, recto, centered: "The Mosque of Kaitbey"
Marked in pencil, verso, lower left corner: "#1126.9"
Marked on image, recto, lower right corner: "Firth 1858"

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