Francis Frith Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Francis Frith NPG x13682
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Francis Frith
Francis Frith started as a grocer in Liverpool. He became independently wealthy on selling his grocery business in 1855 and turned his attention to photography. Frith made three journeys to the Middle East from 1857 to 1860 and kept diaries of his trips, highlighting the appalling conditions under which he worked. His superb photographs reveal none of this. On his return to the UK, he set up a photographic company to photograph tourist views in the British Isles, which became a thriving family business lasting... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










