Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids
Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids is a photographic album by Francis Frith, issued in 1862 and drawn from his travels in Egypt for a European and largely armchair audience. The pictures are sepia albumen photographs of temple walls, carved gateways and excavated stonework, shot in raking light that picks out relief carving and masonry texture, useful to designers seeking weathered architectural surfaces, hieroglyphic panels and archaeological documentary tone.
