[Stereoviews/Frances Frith]. 17 Frances Frith Stereoviews of Egypt & Italy. Printed captions on reverse. Incl 2 duplicates.++12 Stereoviews of Egypt (6 ¾” x 3 ¼”) most marked “Frith” in black on image, incl. #33: Thebes. View of Medeenet-Haboo; #45. Egypt. Tombs of the Memlook Kings, at Cairo; #47. Nubia. Remains of the Temple of Dendoor (w/ duplicate); #49. Thebes. Façade of the Great Rock Temple of Aboo-Simbel; #52. Egypt. Granite rocks; #56. Egypt. A Section of the Portico of the Temple of Denera.; #57. Egypt. Portion of the Great Hall of Columns, at Kabnak; #59. Egypt. Ruins of Medeenet-Haboo the Palace of Rameses III; #62. Egypt. View of the Principal Ruins of Karnak & #64. Egypt. The Temple of Edfou. 1 view titled on front: Ruins of Pylou, Egypt, unmarked reverse.++4 Frith Stereoviews of Italy (6 ¾” x 3 ¼”) with printed captions on reverse, incl. #5. Tuscany-The Baptistry in Pisa; # 17. Italy. Monte Cavallo, Rome (with duplicate) & #18. Tuscany. Statue of Ferninand I, Florence. ++ All cards in fair condition with soiling to front and back, some wear to outside edges, most with pencil notations on reverse, images fair. Francis Frith (1822-1898) was a founding member of the Liverpool Photographic Society, and in 1855 dedicated himself entirely to photography, taking 3 photographic expeditions to Egypt and Palestine. His work appeared in books published by the London firms of James S. Virtue and William Mackenzie between 1858 and 1865, and as stereographs published by Negretti and Zambra in 1862. In 1859, Frith established F. Frith and Company, which produced and distributed photographs and stereographs for albums and book illustrations. The company also made international travel views from Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Japan, China, and India and Great Britain. Provenance: Collection of Walter Stolwein, an amateur photographer, avid collector of photographs and photography equipment, and member of the Silver Spring Camera Club and the Chesapeake Antiquarian Photographic Society.