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Reference (shelfmark):: AdF72/27947(6b)
Title:: Interior of the Haram-ash-Shárif [Jerusalem]. West wall and cloisters, looking south. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: View looking towards the fountain known as the Sabil Qa'it Bay, with the Madrasa Ashrafiyya on the right and the Minaret of the Chain in the background. The conical spire of the Minaret of the Chain has now been replaced with a dome. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set at...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864-1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: AdF72/27947(8a)
Title:: Interior of the Haram-ash-Shárif [Jerusalem]. Masjed-al-Aksa from the S.E. corner of the platform. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the garden on the platform towards the Aqsa Mosque. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set at shelfmark Maps 30.e.19.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864-1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: AdF72/27947(8b)
Title:: Interior of the Haram-ash-Shárif [Jerusalem]. North front of Masjed-al-Aksa. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A closer view of the arched entrance screen to the Aqsa Mosque. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set at shelfmark Maps 30.e.19.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864-1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: AdF72/27947(9)
Title:: Interior of the Haram-ash-Shárif [Jerusalem]. Eastern view of the platform from the Golden Gate [panoramic view in three parts]. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view composed of three joined prints. The Dome of the Rock dominates the centre of the panorama, with the Dome of the Chain in front; to the left is the Aqsa Mosque and on the extreme right the barracks and minaret seen in print 7a. For another copy o...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864-1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Godwin Photo 6/2(161)
Title:: Barbican Exhibition Print: Richborough Castle, Kent, 1982. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of the ditches of Richborough Castle in the foreground with the rampart ruins to the right, through which, the power station is visible in the far distance. Mounted on card 404 x 505 mm, inscribed '161/ 5521.1' and '8'. Exhibited in Barbican Gallery, Room Six (...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1982
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/7/232(2)
Title:: The Tomb of the Late Ilkhani of Bujnurd. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across stream towards the the tomb, partly obscured by trees: 'In the afternoon, we rode back towards Firuza to visit the tomb of the late Ilkhani. The shrine, as it now is, consists of a central blue dome and two side arches, with four minarets. Th...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/7/232(7)
Title:: The Gunbad-i-Kabus from the south-west [Gonbad-e Kavus]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking towards the obelisk and surrounding (modern) buildings at the Russian post. The post was set up by the agreement of the Persian and Russian governments in order to stop trans-frontier raiding. 'Before quitting Gunbad-i-Kabus, which is now the capit...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/7/232(13)
Title:: Bostam — The Shaking Minaret. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the tower, with a group of curious onlookers in the right foreground: 'The famous shaking minaret was next visited and two men shook it with the result that a brick set on edge fell down. It is about forty feet high, composed of brickwork an...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/7/232(14)
Title:: Shrine of Muhamead [sic] Mahruk. Tomb of Omar Khayyam showing in left wing [at Nishapur or Neyshabur]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view, but with top of dome of main tomb out of picture. 'Less than half a mile to the east [of the tomb of Farid-ud-din], in the heart of old Nishapur, the walls of which now resemble banks of earth, is a garden shrine. Under the dome, in the place of ho...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/7/232(15)
Title:: Kadamagh from the east. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across fields towards domed shrine (somewhat distant): '...Upon leaving Nishapur, we rode to Kadamgah, where a shrine was built by Shah Abbas to cover the footprint of the Imam Riza. This shrine is surrounded by fine pines of a different species to ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:: 1 item

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