Francis Frith was one of photography's greatest entrepreneurs, founding a company that was to become the largest publisher of photographs in the world. He was also a pioneer of travel photography. Between 1856 and 1860, Frith travelled and photographed extensively in Egypt and the 'Holy Land'. But the venture that brought him great wealth and made him a household name was his comprehensive collection of photographs of British landscapes, towns and cities. His company, Frith and Co, which he founded in Reigate in 1859, sold images of every corner of Britain.
