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Language Not applicable Name Svoboda, Alexander

21. 1783.a.37(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.a.37(20)
Title:
Pergamos — Exterior of the Amphitheatre. Photographer: Svoboda, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of ruins in the foreground and on the hillside rising beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

22. 1811.a.18

Reference (shelfmark):
1811.a.18
Title:
Examples of art workmanship of various ages and countries. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Showing especially the sculpture of the Portico de la Gloria, by Mestre Mateo. A series of twenty photographs recently taken by the late Mr. Thurston Thompson. Under the sanction of the Science and Art Department, for the use of schools of art and amateurs. Photographer(s): Thompson, Charles Thurston
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, London, 1868. Large folio, quarter bound volume in buckram with marbled paper boards, 471 x 373 mm, with titlepage, 4 pp. introductory letterpress, 1 p. contents list and 20 albumen prints, mounted on card and bound on guards, with le...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
20 items

23. Photo 238

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238
Title:
Four views in Iraq. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Four loose salted paper prints, mounted on modern conservation board. The original captions for prints 2 and 4 have been retained from the orignal mounts and laid down onto the new board. Prints 1 and 2 are signed with the photographer's initials, print 3 with full name and date, print 4 unsigne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
4 items

24. Photo 238(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(1)
Title:
Palace of Kesra Anushirwan. Taaq Kesra. Photograph—faded—of the great ruin at Ctesiphon on the River Tigris. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: [?] A.S. General view from the front of Cyrus' Arch at Ctesiphon. Print laid down on modern mount, with captions (as above) from original mount pasted down.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 238(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(2)
Title:
[Sassanid palace and Cyrus' Arch, Ctesiphon.] Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: [?] A.S. View of the palace ruins, presumably taken on the same occasion as print 1. Print laid down on modern mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 238(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(3)
Title:
[View on the Tigris, probably at Baghdad, Iraq.] Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: A. Svoboda 1858 View, presumably on the Tigris at Baghdad, looking across the river towards buildings on the far bank. Print laide down on modern card mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 238(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(4)
Title:
Pig hunting, Baghdad, 1858. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: The pigs hunt Baghdad. European group, posed with horses, servants and two dead pigs. Print laid down on modern mount, with contemporary caption from original mount pasted below image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item