Frith made three photographic trips to the Middle East at the end of the 1850s with three different cameras, a mammoth plate (20 x 16 inch), a full plate (10 x 8 inch) and a stereo camera. Battling against temperatures of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, dust, flies, robbers and wild dogs, he bought back stunning archaeological and architectural studies of a decayed culture.
[Editorial note - Alan Griffiths - 15 December 2011]
This may now be part of The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum [Ref No: 2003-5001/2/20095]
