FRANCIS FRITH PHOTOGRAPH OF HOLBORN, CIRCA 1870
FRITH, Francis. Holborn. Photographic print. [London: Francis Frith and Co., circa 1870]. Albumen photograph (5-1/2 by 8 inches), mounted and matted, entire piece measures 11 by 14 inches. $200.
Nineteenth-century photographic albumen print by Francis Frith, depicting a street scene in the Holborn neighborhood of London.
Frith’s photographs of Egypt and the Holy Land, some of the earliest and most sought-after images of the Near East, established his reputation as one of the most important photographers of the nineteenth century. In 1860 he “set up a photographic company in Reigate to record as many locations in Britain as he could… Frith & Co. became the largest photographic publisher in the world” (DNB).
Fine condition.