Currently not on view
Turkish Summer Costume,
1857, printed 1862
Francis Frith, English, 1822–1898
Published by William Mackenzie, British publisher, active late 19th century
Published by William Mackenzie, British publisher, active late 19th century
1997-590
Information
Title
Turkish Summer Costume
Dates
1857, printed 1862
Maker
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
11.3 × 16.1 cm (4 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
mount: 44 x 31.9 cm (17 5/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
1997-590
Place Made
Europe, England, London
Inscription
Printed on sheet above image: EGYPT, SINAI AND PALESTINE. / BY / F. FRITH / SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME.
Printed on sheet below image: TURKISH SUMMER COSTUME / WILLIAM MACKENZIE. PATTERNOSTER ROW, LONDON / AND / GLASGOW & EDINBURGH
Culture
Techniques
Subject
- Mark Haworth-Booth, The Golden Age of British Photography 1839-1900 (Millerton: Aperture, 1984)., (not illustrated)
- Masters of Photography: Francis Frith (London: Macdonald, 1985)., not illustrated
- Kathleen Stewart Howe, Excursions along the Nile: the photographic discovery of ancient Egypt (Santa Barbara, Calif: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1993), plate 27, p. 165
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., p. 205
