The Pyramids of Saqqara, from the Northeast
1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The painting shows the pyramids of Saqqara from the northeast. It's a photo from 1858, taken with a special process. Francis Frith used the wet collodion process, which was new then. He had to work in a specific way to get sharp images. To learn more about this kind of photography, look up the technique of sfumato is not relevant here, instead consider the artist Francis Frith.
