The Bab el-Azab Citadel, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 151.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the arched western gateway of the Citadel, flanked by two massive towers, with horses and a tent in the foreground.
Study of prickly pear orchard and camels, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 150.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a group of baggage camels, posed in front of a large patch of prickly pear cactus. Of the camels, the writer remarks: 'That in the centre of the picture is one of the most satisfactory represenatations o...
Portrait of a racing pony and groom: 'Most of these ponies are bred on the Mongolian plain, and are brought down during the winter months to Peking for sale. There they fetch from £5 to £50 apiece, and are then commonly transported by their purchasers to the ports of the coast, and re-sold at mu...
'The Pekingese mule-litter is shown in No. 54. It is the usual conveyance adopted by the Chinese, if they wish for ease and comfort, when they visit localities outside the great wall. Two long shafts support the litter, and are harnessed at the ends to the backs of two mules. It was to this chai...
Das Gebäude des deutschen Consulats in Chartum [Khartoum]. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
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Inscription: Signed 'R. Buchta' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the German Consulate at Khartoum, with three elephants in the foreground.
Bock, Leutewitzer Abk, 1 Jahr 6 Mon; letzte Schur 1862 Juni. Züchter und Aussteller: Se. Excellenz H. J. Graf Clam-Martinitz, Smetschna (Böhmen, Oesterrecih). Photographer: Schnäbeli, H.
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Portrait of sheep exhibited at the Hamburg Agricultural Exhibition of 1863, within a painted setting.