FRANCIS FRITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MANSION HOUSE IN CHEAPSIDE CIRCA 1870
FRITH, Francis. Mansion House in Cheapside. 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 the Mansion House in the Cheapside 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.