Frith, Francis, 1822 -1898 (photographer)
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View at Girgeh [Jirja], Upper Egypt, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/26
Scope and Contents
154 x 226 mm. A view looking towards the Nile with the tower of a ruined mosque standing on the banks and balanced in the composition by two palm trees in the foreground. Frith states that there are also huts in the foreground which were: 'composed of Doura straw, and are the temporary portable homes a troupe of Gawazee, or dancing girls.'
Dates:
1857